Lots of muttered exposition; lots of confused characters, confusing; lots and lots of two-shots; fear of Manson clashing with fear of the Man; ill-starred constellations of Jews, Nazis, Black Panthers and Chinese masseuses; anti-dopers double-dealing in harder stuff; Pynchon paranoia and flights of fancy; an endless confrontation between corporate, fascist, establishment evil and free-wheeling, free-loving…
Tag: Joaquim Phoenix
Her (2013)
Her first published by Film4. Synopsis: Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where The Wild Things Are) writes and directs this melancholic romance set in the near future. Review: Spike Jonze’s Her opens with its moustachioed main character Theodore Twombly (the ever-astonishing Joaquin Phoenix) reading – in voice-over – a letter that he is composing…