Post by Pulpmariachi on Apr 22, 2005 23:50:42 GMT -5
Sydney Pollock is a man who loves movies. Especially Hitchcockian ones. There have been so many Saturdays and Sundays I've spent on the couch watching a movie on his recommendation. This was when he hosted TCM's The Essentials. I think they got a new guy now, a new guy for each new season. Anyways, more often than naught, Pollock would choose a Hitchcock film from his filmography. Rear Window, Notorious, Psycho, North by Northwest, Spellbound...you basically name it, the film was on at least one.
So The Interpreter is a lot like a Hitchcock film. Hell, one part has a reference to Psycho and Rear Window in the same scene! Nicole Kidman is the icy blonde, the seductress kind of, who enchants but still is so vulnearble. Sean Penn is the good guy cop just trying to not screw everything up.
Basically, Kidman's character overhears some guys planning on killing this African president guy who's a real jerk-off. She goes to the Secret Service and they investigate not only the claim, but Kidman (the plot is pretty well told in the trailers without giving away too much, so I'll refer you to them).
Pollock does an excellant job at keeping suspence, though some scenes seemed to drag out longer than they needed to. It is a political thriller, kind of, but it plays it pretty safe the entire time, so as not to offend anyone.
Surprisingly gory for a PG-13, too. But Penn and Kidman prove why they've won Academy Awards and the same goes for Pollock who plays the boss of Sean Penn (I thought it was funny...).
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So The Interpreter is a lot like a Hitchcock film. Hell, one part has a reference to Psycho and Rear Window in the same scene! Nicole Kidman is the icy blonde, the seductress kind of, who enchants but still is so vulnearble. Sean Penn is the good guy cop just trying to not screw everything up.
Basically, Kidman's character overhears some guys planning on killing this African president guy who's a real jerk-off. She goes to the Secret Service and they investigate not only the claim, but Kidman (the plot is pretty well told in the trailers without giving away too much, so I'll refer you to them).
Pollock does an excellant job at keeping suspence, though some scenes seemed to drag out longer than they needed to. It is a political thriller, kind of, but it plays it pretty safe the entire time, so as not to offend anyone.
Surprisingly gory for a PG-13, too. But Penn and Kidman prove why they've won Academy Awards and the same goes for Pollock who plays the boss of Sean Penn (I thought it was funny...).
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