And the other film...

[taimatsu]

'State and Main', a film written and directed by David Mamet, is absolutely faaaaaabulous. I loved it. I'm too knackered after my mammoth Ghibli post to do a proper review. Let's just say that the film has a reason to be made, as it were, a point to its story; the characters are engaging, funny, and well-played, and there are some *great* lines. It's about what happens when a big Hollywood movie comes to a small town. You should see it if you haven't already. Go you Huskies!

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[borusa.livejournal.com]

Go you huskies!

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Have you seen a play called 'Stones In His Pockets'? Sounds very similar..

[tithonus.livejournal.com]

i loved state and main.. i particularly liked the product placement at the end: inspired. :-)
i saw it at the pheonix - the whole place was laughing all the way through.

[werenerd.livejournal.com]

State and Main was definitely my favorite Mamet, but don’t you find his misogyny a little tiresome film after film. I do at least.

[taimatsu]

Um, I didn't notice all that much in State and Main, actually, and I haven't consciously seen any of his other films. Of course, Claire is an idiot, but no more so than her co-star; while Annie comes across as the most appealing and interesting character in the film, with a host of good qualities and few bad ones.