Let's be honest : 90 % or recent American films are just formulas. There's no surprise, no sense of creativity.
Director Auster is not part of it: I saw his Smoke and it was very fine. Here, he sets a story a little bit away from Hollywood clichés. I love the many references to Louise Brooks and her film Pandora's Box. Sorivino, in the way miss Brooks was a femme fatale without knowing it, did the same thing with the same sense of innocence. And like the men in Pandora's box, Harvey Keitel goes crazy for her. Auster ads some strange parts which made his movie fascinating. This is what I mean by creativity and it's good to see that some Americans can still go on that way, while mainstream American cinema is such a bore.
Director Auster is not part of it: I saw his Smoke and it was very fine. Here, he sets a story a little bit away from Hollywood clichés. I love the many references to Louise Brooks and her film Pandora's Box. Sorivino, in the way miss Brooks was a femme fatale without knowing it, did the same thing with the same sense of innocence. And like the men in Pandora's box, Harvey Keitel goes crazy for her. Auster ads some strange parts which made his movie fascinating. This is what I mean by creativity and it's good to see that some Americans can still go on that way, while mainstream American cinema is such a bore.