Go (1999)

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Directed by Doug Liman.

Starring William Fichtner, Breckin Meyer, Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, Timothy Olyphant, Taye Diggs, Desmond Askew.

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Director/cinematographer Doug Liman's third feature links together three edgy stories, all beginning in the same Los Angeles supermarket with an interconnected group of characters. Ronna (Sarah Polley) is a down-on-her-luck checkout girl who is sweet talked into taking an extra shift from her friend Simon (Desmond Askew) so he can go to Las Vegas. Ronna is then approached by two good-looking actors, Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr), who want to buy drugs. Ronna, who needs money, plans to act as a go-between between the actors and a dealer friend of Simon's, Todd (Timothy Olyphant), until a cop named Burke (William Fichtner) enters the picture. Meanwhile, Simon is living it up in Vegas; in the course of a very wild night on the town, he manages to bed two women, accidentally steal a car with his good friend Marcus (Taye Diggs), and get thrown out of the best strip club in town, with more than a few people after him, especially when he leaves behind a credit card he borrowed from Todd. Once again back at the supermarket, Adam and Zack turn out to not be quite what they seemed, and their relationship with Burke and his wife Irene (Jane Krakowski) takes an unexpected turn as their evening becomes very, very complicated. Go, Liman's long-awaited follow-up to his indie hit Swingers, received its World Premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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The Nines': Know thyself
by usesoap in usesoap Blog

liked it.

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"A brief, deliberately vague review of 'The Nines' I have always been interested in this philosophical concept, as well as Plato's 'Cave Parable, 'which has been worked into some of my most re-watched cinematic outings of the past few years (The Matrix, Fight Club, Old School -- OK, maybe not that last one).As a writer, I love the kind of Charlie Kauffman-lite vibe this film has going for it, much like 'Stranger Than Fiction,' but I think much more complex. Ryan Reynolds, who I know many are hot-and-cold over, really displays some heretofore untapped range in three separate roles. Hope Davis is always a welcome addition to any film, but --wow -- where did Melissa McCarthy come from? Have not seen an episode of Gilmore Girls, I suppose I am late to the game, but she is amazing in situations that must seem heart-breakingly true to life for her.John August, who previously wrote Go and is a frequent Tim Burton collaborator (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocola ... " [More]

Re: most overrated gay movie
by lukasblu in Queer Cinema

loved it.

"gregg araki films i've seen and liked The Doom Generation, and Mysterious Skin;i am also af fan of james duval and rose mcgowan from doom generation;And i like joseph gordon lewitt from mysterious skinIn the ending of doom generation;i saw amy being tortured and it looked like xavier was dead or dying;I do not understand how both xavier and amy survived without a scratch or the fact that they survived at all;Only jordan did not make it and die??Can you explain to me that ending on your viewpoint?I watched this movie with my nephew and a friend and we were all perplexed with the endingI use to think that james duval was related to robert duvall but they have no blood relations whatsoever;the spellings of their last name is different;james last name has one L and roberts has two L's;And i always thought that james was much younger in age(because of the roles he plays and the way he looks):He's actually 34:this are just trivial things i found out about james recently; Anyway that must ... " [More]

Strange Flowers: Proteus
by jlgdrd in Wicked Fun

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"Proteus is an historical drama, shot directly on video in the style of many past PBS specials, more comparable in experience to theatre than film. In the wrong hands stiff and self-conscious, in the right ones understated and dynamic. Filmmakers John Greyson and Jack Lewis have found in actual records of incidents emerging from Robben Island, a penal colony of Cape Town, South Africa, intriguing metaphors (or barometers) for the politics of masculinity that suffused Amsterdam and South Africa in 1725. What makes Proteus ingenious, is how easily it applies to contemporary culture. Like To Kill a Mockingbird, it says more about the community than the accused. Informs by the questions it raises in the audience’s minds. Questions the characters never ask. A possible theme of Proteus might be grotesque consequences of the unspoken: particular acts that are untranslatable in Christian society. Professions of love that even the subtitles refuse to transmit in English.Proteus opens w ... " [More]

Re: Telling A Story Backwards
by Risselada in PulpFiction1975

is neutral about it.

"Well I don't think there was even an option in the decision of how the story of Memento was told. I belive it was actually based on a story written by Chritopher Nolan's brother, Johnathan. But I can only assume the convention was thought up before the story. What the effect is of showing the scenes in reverse order is that we experience the world the same way that Leonard does. When each scene starts, we have no idea what is going on or how he got into the situation he is in. That's exactly the same way that Leonard is feeling at the beginning of each scene as well. There's no possibility that this film would have been "fine" otherwise. Although continuity-wise it would have made sense to show each scene in chronological order, but for the whole point of the movie it would have made no sense whatsoever. I'm not a very big fan of Go either, but not because of the story telling method. I just thought the characters and situations were too contrived and trying to be cool. I'v ... " [More]

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is neutral about it.

With an intertwining three-story structure similar to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Doug Liman has crafted a nutty montage of episodes that's as invigorating as the electronica music that fuels the soundtrack. Go hops in and out of a Christmas rave in Los Angeles, each of its characters connected in some way to three supermarket clerks by day, clubgoers by night, who entertain themselves by doing whippets in the stock room and playing celebrity word games. A truly ensemble piece, in which no character has more than 30 minutes of screen time, Go alternates between funny twist-of-fate happenstance and violent, dark humor, all the while remaining essentially lighthearted. One of the first mainstream films to use the drug Ecstasy as a major plot element, the film's stance embodies the contradictory nature of that drug, both glamorizing the experience and providing a disorienting first-person view of the dangerous sensory overload that follows from popping too many pills. The screenplay by John August includes plot twists as fresh as the hip crew of young actors who populate the film. The standouts are Sarah Polley as the fast-thinking Ronna, who double crosses some pretty nasty characters to try to pay her rent, and Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf as a pair of panicked actors who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Desmond Askew's oblivious Vegas romp is also memorable fun. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

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