Fool for Love (1985)

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Fool For Love (1985, USA, Rober ...
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"Fool for Love may be silly and stupid, but it's certainly interesting to talk about. It's divided into two parts: in the first, nothing happens, and in the second, everything happens. When the movie begins, it looks as if Robert Altman is trying to make his own version of Paris, Texas- both are set in the modern American West, both are written by Sam Shepard (who also stars in this film), both also feature Harry Dean Stanton, and both are very slow moving. But that's where the similarities end- despite it's pace, things actually happened in Paris, Texas, while in this film Altman and Shepard take about an hour to show other filmmakers would have depicted in ten minuets (I'm not alone in thinking this, Kristen felt I might have actually overestimated how long this material would take in a normal film). What little story there is involves Shepard as Eddie, a drifter who arrives at a dilapidated New Mexico hotel, and finally tracking down May (Kim Basinger) ... " [More]

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