Miller's Crossing
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Movie Reviews of Miller's Crossing
Movie Review: The Best Of The Coen Brothers' Pantheon of Films
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply put, this Coen Brothers jewel is their best film ever. I love doing Jon Polito's Giovanni Casparo aka Johnny Casper's lines with Polito's inimitable accent for my wife's amusement as often as possible. "That ain't friendly kid..I come here with a decent offer and you give me the HIGH HAT!" Gabriel Byrne's Tom Reagan, Albert Finney's Leo(he got the role after the actor who portrayed Nathan,Sr. in Raising Arizona passed away), John Turturro's Bernie Bernbaum(he says in the special features that he was doing an imitation of the Coen's first cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld), Marcia Gay Harden as the dame caught between Tom and Leo(and Bernie's sis), Steve Buscemi as Mink, and JE Freeman as Eddie Dane; they all are mixed into the most masterfully plotted screenplay in the history of cinema. The film was shot on location in New Orleans, and Albert Finney was having such a good time that he dressed in drag during a pivotal scene between Harden and Byrne in a powder room after his scenes had been shot. You MUST own this DVD!! I am waiting for an eventual blu ray release with great anticipation. The Coen's first film, Blood Simple, is available for preorder now on bluray so maybe there is hope.Movie Review: The Grifter & the Rumpus
Summary: 5 Stars
Or the Rugs and the Hats. Finney wears both. At a lower level: the Gorilla meets Lars Thorvald. Hard-boiled is what they call these fictions. How come the simulacrum is better than the originals? Like the best cowboy song is: Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter pastiche), and the best song out of the Mexican Revolution is: Fernando (ABBA pastiche). This is better than any other gangster movie: it distils the essence of the genre. It fuels Tarantino and The Usual Suspects, mixed with wry twists and rye. Although I haven't read The Glass Key, I've read all Chandler; and the Byrne man is pure Chandler, on the other side of the tracks. He takes a lot of punishment, he feels like a sawn-off leg, he cools it with bootleg, he has a way with a semi-soiled maid, and a weakness for the ponies. Runyonesque. He's not sure where he's going, but he can figure. He's never cross, but he's crossing over. Like the private eye, he's not mean, and he's melancholy, but he's not soft-boiled. Hell, the grifter had it coming. You don't double-cross a man who saves your life. And you can't go with a man who rubs out your brother. Personal relationships are ambiguous. Why are so many of these guys gunsels?Movie Review: Absolutely Brilliant Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I adore films and I have to say that this is easily in my top five and quite possible my top three. Every single time I view it I appreciate it more and more. The casting is supurb. There is not a dry part in the film and all the actors truly flesh out their roles with meaty substance. The storyline is brilliantly written in that it has you guessing left and right who is loyal to who. That's the real subject of this mobster film...just who are your friends and where are they when you need them?
It's not all dark and moody although there are moments like that throughout the film but there is a fair amount of amusing comedic scenes that keep the film's meter peppy. Along with the film's mood is the real star of the film...the dialogue. It may take several viewings to understand exactly what is being conveyed throughout the film (highly recommended!) but it is worth the effort to figure out the slang. Incredibly satisfying once you get it.
I cannot recommend this film enough. If I taught a film class you could bet that this would be included based upon all the items I described. Excellent movie all around! I wish I could give it 6 stars.
Movie Review: A homey, circumscribed and excellent little movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Miller's Crossing has a fairy-tale quality about it. Within the homey and narrow scope of what it's doing, it succeeds superbly. The character work and cinematography are outstanding, and the music is an integral element, too.
The story is circumscribed and without overt interest in seeking to move you very deeply but it is neither distant nor dry or cold, either. On first viewing, it strongly led me to view it a second time to catch the threads and dialogue I knew were there but missed on the first run through.
Of all the Coens' work, only "Brother, Where Art Thou" comes close, almost. TIME Magazine's "All Time 100 Best Films" list (drawn up by Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss) has Miller's Crossing in its ranks, but nary a Fargo to be found. Certainly the two gents had to negotiate their pick, and it was Miller's Crossing that they chose.
My favorite little nugget is when Tom gets roughed up in the warehouse, and I'm certain you can hear the brief sound of whooping and hollering Indians on thundering horseback as he goes unconscious.
I absolutely love Miller's Crossing, and I want me' hat, too.
Movie Review: One of the best Gangster films in the year of 1990
Summary: 5 Stars
Putting the rightfully-so classic GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition) and the much maligned, but maginificent and misunderstood The Godfather, Part III (Widescreen Edition) aside, this is the definitive gangster film of 1990 and possibly the 90's all together.
Miller's Crossing tells the tale of a mob boss, Leo, his partner, and the many, many, many things that trouble them. Albert Finney is Leo and Gabriel Byrne is Tom, his right hand man and best friend. Marcia Gay Harden plays the woman that conflicts there lives.
It's quite an interesting and wonderful tale featuring wonderful performances from John Turturro, Jon Polito and quite a few others.
The movie itself is great, the DVD leaves something to be desired. An interview, short interview with Barry Sonnefield, the Barry Sonnefield Featurette as well as short cast interviews with Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden and John Turturro.
Highly recommended.