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...paucity of the screenplay is the fact that, with one notable exception, the characters are written to be so dull and lifeless that calling them one-dimensional is an overstatement. This does nothing to help the performances of the actors. Pearce, riveting in L.A. Confidential and the memorable Memento, turns in a flat performance. What is particularly unfortunate is the fact that his acting in Time Machine raises questions about his versatility. The obsessive, removed quality that made Pearce’s performance in Memento so unique has returned in a lukewarm, watered-down form that dovetails nicely with...
...JACQUES CHIRAC Le Monde runs photo of French prez with sleazeball scandal-magnet. Chirac is getting off easy. Those naked, bongo pics? Still hidden JULIAN AND STEPHEN MARLEY Sons of the deceased reggae legend Bob Marley busted for smoking weed. Other charges: sitting on sofas, giggling, really getting into Memento ROBERT MUGABE President of Zimbabwe kicks out E.U. election-observers in the run up to his re-election bid. Well, that's one way to stay in office...
...Memento, a severely disturbed Guy Pearce wonders if “the world disappears when you close your eyes.” I hope that the severely disturbed career of Mike Tyson is over by the next time I open mine...
Christopher Nolan’s Memento didn’t get nominated for the Best Picture Oscar yesterday. That was a shafting of biblical proportions. Nolan’s masterpiece told the tale of a man with no short-term memory (Guy Pearce) whose is plunged into all sorts of trouble because his memory blanks out every so often. The story is told chronologically backwards—beginning with the closing scene ending with the first—in a way that lets viewers feel Pearce’s disorientation. Few people walk the earth feeling that confused, but you?...
Most likely to be nominated for best original screenplays are Memento, whose innovative screenplay has figured in nearly every set of awards this year, and Gosford Park, whose script has also won recognition from many organizations. Both of these films, as well as the others that I’m predicting in this category, are offbeat critical darlings, a type of film which usually makes its best showing in the screenplay categories. Outside possibilities for nods include the scripts for Moulin Rouge, Monsters Ball, and The Others...