My Blueberry Nights (The Miriam Collection)
by Kar Wai Wong
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Actor: Chad R. Davis, Jude Law, Katya Blumenberg, Natalie Portman, Norah JonesDirector: Kar Wai Wong
Brand: Wellspring Media INC
Writer: Kar Wai Wong
Writer: Lawrence Block
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
Published: 2008-07-01
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 81346
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of My Blueberry Nights (The Miriam Collection)
Movie Review: Fresh look
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know who reviewed this film before me, but they're all wet. Maybe I differ because I've never seen a movie by this director, so I looked at this one with a fresh, unbiased perspective. I thought BLUEBERRY was great and so did my wife who watched it with me on cable. I love quirky, character-driven pictures, and this one fits the genre. To my mind it's a pic about life, love, loss, and redemption, and along the way we see some interesting characters and portrayals. I didn't find anything wrong with the performances, though I could agree that one or two [e.g. Weisz] were slightly over the top. On the whole, they were believable and engendered close attention and even sympathy. Jones and Law deserve top billing, esp. since this was Jones' first acting gig. She was perfect for the role; just great and thoroughly believable. Portman's performance was solid. I was especially taken with David Strathairn's interpretation of the drunk cop trying to retrieve the irretrievable. He first caught my attention as the wayward CIA boss trying to kill Jason Bourne. Here he was a heart tugging guy refusing to let go of his soon to be ex. Yet he's still able to treat a young newcomer on the scene with tenderness and generosity His tears and deep pain were totally believable. Bravo. This is a film that is mostly 'down', so folks looking for something uplifting and flighty need not watch. But the message[s] provoke lots of thought and even weighing of one's own experiences compared to the two lead characters. Who hasn't wanted to hit the road when adversity seemed unbearable, as Elizabeth does after betrayal? And who hasn't wanted to stay in touch with that other person you happen upon, hoping s/he remembers and cares and wanting for some reason to maintain that thread of attachment 'just in case'. Who hasn't yearned for recapturing love after one has let it walk out the door, hoping against hope. And who hasn't fallen in love with somebody who just doesn't think of you in the same way? After watching the film, I went straight to Amazon to find the DVD. Any movie buff who hasn't seen a Wong before film should watch this one with unbiased eyes, and even some who have tasted Wong's work before might consider a look-see.
Summary of My Blueberry Nights (The Miriam Collection)
Oscar® nominee* Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain) and Grammy® Award-winning singer Norah Jones star in this "ravishing triumph... [of] pure romantic sensibility" (Armond White, New York Press). Law plays a big-hearted owner of a small New York diner who tries to soothe Jones' jilted heart with his blueberry pie. But only after going on a year-long cross-country odyssey does she realize love was right at her doorstep all along. Gorgeously filmed by award-winning director Wong Kar Wai (In The Mood For Love) and featuring Oscar® winner** Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) and Oscar® nominees*** Natalie Portman (Closer, Garden State) and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), My Blueberry Nights is an optimistic ode to love and "one of the best movies of the year!" (Andrew Sarris, New York Observer).Bob Dylan's song "Lovesick" could describe every film Wong Kar-Wai has made since 1988's As Tears Go By. My Blueberry Nights, his first English-language feature, continues the Hong Kong helmer's fixation with the concept. Grammy-winning vocalist Norah Jones plays downhearted New Yorker Elizabeth. When her boyfriend takes up with another woman, she drowns her sorrows in the hand-crafted pie served up by sympathetic café proprietor Jeremy (Jude Law in a charming turn). Lizzie appreciates the support, but decides her best plan of attack is to leave town, so she hops a bus to Memphis, where she waitresses while serving as a sounding board for alcoholic police officer Arnie (David Strathairn), who pines for estranged wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz). Later, Lizzie tries her luck in Vegas, where she joins forces with professional poker player Leslie (a brassy Natalie Portman). During her journey, Lizzie sends Jeremy postcards; through her wistful words, he finds himself falling in love. With Ry Cooder's plaintive score (bolstered by tunes from Jones and special guest Chan "Cat Power" Marshall) and golden-hued camera work from Darius Khondji (replacing regular cinematographer Christopher Doyle), My Blueberry Nights reaches for the elegiac tone of Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas as much as Wong's own Chungking Express. It's an odd combination that doesn't always work--the banal dialogue isn't up to the director's usual standards--but lovesickness has rarely been rendered more vividly. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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