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LONESOME JIM / Steve Buscemi (2006)

September 30th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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LONESOME JIM (2006)

Directed by Steve Buscemi

Written by James C. Strouse

Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place & Kevin CorriganRunning Time: 91 min.

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

As a director Steve Buscemi charged out of the box with his first feature Trees Lounge and his subsequent two films have not show any signs of growth. Casey Affleck plays a 27-year-old loser forced to move back in with mom and dad who is saved by saintly Ms. Tyler and her son. Anything with Liv Tyler, except those films that have the word “Rings” in the title, is worth seeing, but you’ll be hard-pressed to understand her attraction to Affleck’s loafer Jim. It doesn’t help that this is one of the ugliest shot-on-video films to find theatrical distribution.

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

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INTERVIEW / Steve Buscemi (2007)

July 17th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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INTERVIEW

Directed by Steve Buscemi

Written by Steve Buscemi & David Schecther based on an original screenplay by Theodor Holman

Starring: Steve Buscemi & Sienna Miller

Running Time: 83 min.

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Rating: ★★★½☆

Given the current internet frenzy, it’s a wonder that it took so long for a releasing company to include a “dot com” as part of their logo. CinemaVault.com’s Interview is the first such film.

It is also the first installment of a three-part series of films based on the work of Dutch director Theo Van Gogh (great grandson of Vincent Van Gogh’s brother Theo), whose November, 2004 murder by Muslim extremists was motivated by political and racial intolerance. His slaughter in the streets of Amsterdam apparently was in direct response to Submission Part 1, a televised documentary on the mistreatment of Islamic women.

Before the shooting, Van Gogh had decided to Americanize three of his films. His death caused longtime producer Gijs van de Westelaken and his American counterpart Bruce Weiss to see the filmmaker’s trilogy through to fruition.

The other two chapters are to the directed by John Turturro and Stanley Tucci. In the press notes, Westelaken explains, “The films all have a central and very universal theme: the battle between men and women. We are really touched that Steve, Stanley and John have come onboard this project to help realize Theo’s dream.”

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