Mar. 19th, 2018

jazzfish: book and quill and keyboard and mouse (Media Log)
Cory Finley (dir.), Thoroughbreds

The trailer, which I saw sometime last fall and which successfully enticed me to see the movie. This trailer is pretty remarkable for how little it spoils: it gives an excellent sense of the movie's atmosphere, and some hints of characterization, while avoiding much in the way of details. My favourite kind of trailer.

Based on that I expected Thoroughbreds to be another Brick. Which it was, more or less, but more than that I got a fantastic character study and a couple of jumping-off points for some potentially interesting discussion. I don't know that I liked it but I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

Spoilers follow. Bruce Willis was a sled all along )

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Adventures in Mamboland

"Jazz Fish, a saxophone playing wanderer, finds himself in Mamboland at a critical phase in his life." --Howie Green, on his book Jazz Fish Zen

Yeah. That sounds about right.

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