Mulholland Falls
by Lee Tamahori
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Actor: Chazz Palminteri, Jennifer Connelly, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, Nick NolteDirector: Lee Tamahori
Brand: MGM
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Editor: Sally Menke
Producer: Lili Fini Zanuck
Producer: Mario Iscovich
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck
Writer: Floyd Mutrux
Writer: Peter Dexter
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
Published: 2004-11-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product features:
- Includes original theatrical trailer
- Widescreen and fullscreen options
- Run time approximately 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rated R
Movie Reviews of Mulholland Falls
Movie Review: Film Noir in Color: Mulholland Falls
Summary: 5 Stars
The biggest problem with Mulholland Falls, is that it is often compared with "Chinatown" and "L.A. Confidential", both masterpieces in my opinion. It should not. It should be viewed on it's own merit. Yes, it has a "hat squad" and takes place in vintage Los Angeles... but this is a different kind of film.
What I love about this film are the marvelous performances. In particular: Nolte's character, who has married a one-time "ornament" in Griffith, and now after a few years, she has matured and he now takes her for granted. His eyes roam a bit, and she confronts that. Their interaction is fascinating. Treat Williams also is amazing as the military man who shows he has more than one side... and it's compelling to watch. I feel like I care about nearly all the characters in this film.
My main reason for loving this film, however, is the magnificent way old Los Angeles is recreated in many actual locations. The photography, set decoration, costumes and even the dialog has been carefully recreated to be accurate. I saw the film "Bugsy" recently, and remember how the fine production value was almost ruined by the 90s style four-letter words which peppered the dialog. It was very distracting and "put on". Not so here. This movie looks and sounds very authentic and from a person who was raised in L.A. during the 1950s, it was nostalgic for me on several levels.
Finally, there is a beautiful score by Dave Grusin. Though not sounding accurate in style to the music of the period, it is thoughtful, atmospheric and appropriate. I own the soundtrack and the music truly carries the mood of the film in a fresh and vibrant way. Haunting and beautiful.
Before this beautiful film was released recently, eBay was selling copies from Brazil for up to 60.00 each because there because there was such a demand for this film on DVD. I am thrilled MGM has decided to release it. One of the very few film noir classics made in the past 40 or 50 years. One of the pitiful few film noir films made in color. The new DVD is gorgeous in color, clarity and transfer, by the way.
I highly recommend this fine film!
Summary of Mulholland Falls
Too much surface. Director Lee ("The Edge") Tomahori's noir story serves as a McGuffin to its ripe style. Amid secret agendas and unspeakable acts onscreen you stare at the fall of light across old cops' desks. Musing on super-8 footage of naked Jennifer Connelly, your mind wanders. Ah, yes, an allusion to the opening shots of "Chinatown". Roman Polanski's grand reinvocation of the dark intuitions of 1940s noir is there, too, in the sumptuous look, the plump list of stars (Nick Nolte, Michael Madsen, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich), and the swoony, bittersweet soundtrack. The zigzags of the story that bring together two cheating husbands, one pneumatic babe, and (somehow) homosexuality waywardly recall "The Big Sleep". The Atomic Energy Commission subplot feels like an homage to "Kiss Me Deadly". With so many other movies to please, by the middle of the film it's clear that the story isn't going to thicken, that for all the amperage in Nolte's performance, for all the male rage in Michael Madsen and Chazz Palminteri, the hints of sexual malfeasance aren't going much past Nolte's domestic guilt about his affair with Connelly. And yet there are rich things. Tracing a path from his girlfriend to the head of the Commission (Malkovich), Nolte listens, hat in hand, to a purring existential science lecture about the invisible world of atoms. "Yeah," Nolte growls, "well, I see too much." Would that the filmmakers had let "us" see more. "--Lyall Bush"Similar DVD Movies
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