It was worth watching to the end, the deaf lady disses Emmet big time...
steve
Stephen Philion
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Jim Devine wrote:
> At 01:58 PM 08/02/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Turning now to one of Woody Allen's most recent (and unwatchable)
> >films--"Sweet and Lowdown"--we are presented with not only another version
> >of his museum sensibility with respect to music, but an apologia for his
> >own amoral behavior....
> >
> >In "Sweet and Lowdown", the same kind of method is followed. The main
> >character Emmett Ray (played by Sean Penn) is supposedly the second
> >greatest guitar player in the world during the 1930s, after French Gypsy
> >genius Django Reinhardt. "Talking heads" giving their take on Ray include
> >Allen himself, DJ Ben Duncan and others.
> >
> >Their consensus, reinforced by the first ten minutes of the film (I could
> >not watch it any longer), is that Emmett Ray was, in addition to being a
> >great artist, one of the most disgusting human beings of his age....
>
> Hey Louis, this is the "Bob Dole" style of movie review (condemning without
> watching). Emmett Ray gets his comeuppance later in the film. That is, he's
> punished for his sins. Maybe not enough....
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
>
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