Monday, September 13, 2010

Existential dread?

Saw The American last night. It's a polarizing film - you either really liked it or didn't. I guess I must be pretty pretentious, because I thought it was great. It reminded me a lot of A Single Man. If Tom Ford were to make a film about assassins, this would be that film - with beautiful locations, impeccably dressed actors, a haunting soundtrack, and stylishly sparse sets. Sparse also describes the dialogue. It's no Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, but it is pretty quite. Then again, that can be appropriate.







2 comments:

Dustin said...

We were in Kauai when they took over our dinner spot, worth seeing in theatre or wait for DVD?

misterpolyhistor said...

I enjoyed seeing it on the big screen, but it's not really an action film.