too bad they killed that off rad Asian girl so soon
ditto about that Stockholm thingie. maybe kinky & shady avant la lettre.
― Ludo, Monday, 18 July 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah i remember that movie as being really good -- nothing profound, but very engrossing.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Monday, 18 July 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Saw two Pollack films this week (happenstance, no design): The Interpreter at home, a rep screening of Three Days of the Condor tonight. The Interpreter was a little better the second time--I'd say it's better than Lumet's last film, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. (It was Pollack's last non-documentary.) Kidman's very good. Penn is the one thing I don't like--affectatious world-weariness. Always have the same reaction to Condor: Dunaway's great, ditto the ending, but I find the last third drags a bit. I swoon over Tina Chen.
http://phildellio.tripod.com/chen.jpg
I was thinking how interesting it was for Kubrick to cast Pollack in Eyes Wide Shut. Kubrick must have liked him as a director--don't think he'd cast him otherwise. They're so different.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2019 02:48 (five years ago) link
I think The Interpreter's also the only film I've ever seen that had Moby Grape on the soundtrack. Penn pulls the plug on them so he can play Lyle Lovett. Sounds about right.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2019 02:50 (five years ago) link
he can be seen kinda frantically waving his arms at the camera crew during the Aretha doc
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 April 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
He gives himself about five minutes of screen-time in The Interpreter. (I didn't even realize he co-directed the Aretha film till a few days ago.)
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2019 04:05 (five years ago) link
Harvey Keitel was originally cast in this role though. Keitel dropped out after shooting went on for too long and was replaced by Pollack.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 April 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
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― Ward Fowler, Monday, 22 April 2019 06:00 (five years ago) link
Sydney Pollack says he can do it in three... pic.twitter.com/DpZmIh1RPi— Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) April 18, 2019
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 April 2019 09:03 (five years ago) link