Lulu On The Bridge
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Movie Reviews of Lulu On The Bridge
Movie Review: Please...
Summary: 2 Stars
Although this movie has going for it Harvey Keitel as well as an interesting mystery stone, overall it is pure arthouse garbage. Yes, I like enigmatic, intricate movies. Yes I can suspend my disbelief. Yes I like it when movies enter a realm where reality as we know it loses ground. But this story is a mish mash. See Donnie Darko or even, as suggested by other reviewers, Jacob's Ladder for better made, well-constructed films that touch on the same subjects.Only about 10 minutes of this flick retained my attention. The rest was at best a yawn and for the most part, a frustrating eye-roller. Mostly wooden performances (Keitel is his usual bad self, DaFoe is more than adequate) but the story is just cheesy and it has one of the worst endings I have ever seen. I almost threw up.
Movie Review: If depression is your gig, this is your DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
LULU ON THE BRIDGE (1998), is a movie whose goal was of being
different from anything else that's been made, as a story, or movie,
perhaps by people in the business who have seen 1,000's of works
over their lifetimes.
The music most often played throughout, is a lot like Bartok's
String Quartets, meaning that, for anyone having heard those, can
imagine the mood of this work, that is anti-entertainment, bringing
depression and tragedy to the audience.
Harvey Keitel, Willen DaFoe, Mira Sorvino, Gina Gershon are the
stars of this work. Keitel is splendid in his role, in this tale of
a musician who is a victim of a senseless shooting in a tavern,
slipping into unconciousness, and then into a nightmare as his blood
pressure drops from the wound. The initial thoughts of the victim,
is of fearing to lose his ability to capitalize on his fantastic
musical talents following the shooting incident, going to deeper,
more moral aspects.
For a tragedy, Sorvino is a not a bad choice, considering her
natural penchant for a sad, modest, shy, passive, at times childish
introverted image or projected personality. Some may feel this
acting is an acquired taste, like watching paint dry.
For DaFoe, a phenomenally talented actor, the script is the real
tragedy, as he goes into a 7 minute churlish monolog, with Keitel
obediently listening, and responding here and there, to the spiffy
litany of spewed words, from this spiritual guide in the other
world, deciding on the ultimate destiny for Keitel's soul that's in
limbo as he's driven to the hospital in an ambulance.
The story's targeted audience are the urban dwellers of mega-cities,
who can relate to the movie's setting, and modern conveniences (VCR,
TV, hyper-populated streets, restaurants), as well as the
spontaneous, shallow or rushed sexual rapports that tend to develop
between total strangers, under bizarre pretexts, in this case, a gem
or rock that glows in the dark found on a murder victim in the
street.
Keitel's goal, is to adapt more to the fatuous drivel often seen on
sitcoms, to take on that style a bit, vs his admitted hot tempered,
undiplomatic, physical, tough guy confrontational approach that
surfaces in situations of injustice, etc. Admittedly, he tells
DaFoe, he finds difficulty perceiving, sensing and enjoying all the
small pleasures, artistic aspects, amusements that life has to
offer, limiting himself to work and sex, not being fully aware of
his own feelings, as he says.
There's some attempts at scatological humor, such as an airplane
gag, or the opener, with " I couldn't have arrived on stage any
sooner, or my d*ck would be hanging out".
Incidentally, there's a portuguese fado number playing in the
background at a cafe, probably by Mariza, with typical "viola"
guitar accompanying, that is a good choice, considering the
melancholy that's typical of that music style.
If depression is your gig, this is your DVD.
Movie Review: Just couldn't get into it...
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched this film for 30 minutes and just couldn't get past its phony pretensions and contrived dialogue. I gave it a pass...