Many describe Manhattan as more of a love story between a man and his city than a traditional love story between a man and a woman. I disagree with that, as I feel the plot of Isaac and Mary and Tracy really is the story being told. However, I do interpret the film itself, and the way it was made, not as Isaac’s relationship with Manhattan, but the director’s.
→Tags: Woody Allen, Comedy, Romance, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewIt’s Chicago, 1929. The Dodgers are still in Brooklyn and Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks are still married. Two almost unemployed musicians, Jerry (Jack Lemmon) and Joe (Tony Curtis), find work and money hard to come by; it doesn’t help that they bet what little money they have on race dogs that don’t come through.
→Tags: Billy WIlder, Comedy, Marilyn Monroe, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewIf you’ve ever been to the Seattle Experience Music Project, you may have seen this impressive display: a 60-foot-tall tornado of electric guitars, which all just happen to be playing themselves. The mastermind behind the ambitious project goes by his last name only, Trimpin. The German native is a…well, it’s hard to decide how to classify the artist. Is he a composer?
→Tags: SXSW, Trimpin, Documentary, Art, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewApparently, I’m a bit of a Tom Tykwer fan and never knew it. His name sounded familiar to me, and it was only when I looked up his credentials that I realized why: he’s made some darn good films.
→Tags: Tom Tykwer, Thriller, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewYouth Without Youth blipped briefly on my radar when it premiered; the return of Francis Ford Coppola excited me, but negative reviews quelled most of my enthusiasm. All I knew about the film was that it involved a man growing rapidly younger while his lover raced in the other direction.
→Tags: Sci-Fi, Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewIn my book, an imperfect ambitious film far outweighs a perfectly executed “safer” film. Even if it stumbles along its way, I appreciate and admire the aspirations of a movie that tests me. That reasoning has me favoring films like I’m Not There over No Country For Old Men, or A.I.: Artificial Intelligence over almost everything else from that year.
→Tags: Charlie Kaufman, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewApparently, if you listen to the blues and snap your fingers exaggeratedly in order to “feel the music,” it means you’re living in the ‘30s. Or so the actors of Dark Streets would have you believe.
→Tags: Musicals, Noir, Edward Copeland on Film
EssayThe music to the Star Wars Saga is absolutely iconic.
The main theme is one of the most recognizable pieces of music, possibly ever. And who doesn’t think of the Imperial March when you know someone (a boss, a wife) is about to rain down fire and brimstone?
→Tags: Star Wars, Blog-A-Thon, Edward Copeland on Film
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