Lulu On The Bridge
Outrunning The Past To Save The Future.
From acclaimed writer Paul Auster (Smoke & Blue In The Face) comes a film that combines myth and realism in a form of storytelling that is at once simple and complex. Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is a jazz saxophonist whose life is permanently change when he is hit by a stray bullet. After his recovery, Izzy stumbles across the body of a stranger and winds up with the murdered man’s briefcase. Inside is a mysterious stone which leads him to Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino). Together they discover the power of the stone and the threat of those who want it as the story takes a dark and surprising turn into the Pandora’s box of Izzy’s soul.
Member Reviews
Lulu On The Bridge - BIKO
I watched this movie because I'm interested in just about everything Harvey Keitel does, and I watched it
yesterday, his 71st birthday. Paul Auster is some-times intriguing, and the rest of the cast bring authenticity to their roles- Mira Sorvino is sweet and a pleasure to watch, seemingly not a Hollywood bimbo- this movie had a New York feel.
Wonderful to see Vanessa Redgrave looking radiant!So all the elements are there for an interesting, highly visual watch, and it just falls apart. Willem Dafoe's monologue ( not his
fault ) is just embarassing. The script has magic in it but it just doesn't work- an homage to the lovely Louise Brooks, the original Lulu, should have been better.If depression is your gig, this is your DVD - Porkchop
LULU ON THE BRIDGE (1998), is a movie whose goal was of being
different from anything else that's been made, as a story, or movie,
perhaps by people in the business who have seen 1,000's of works
over their lifetimes.
The music most often played throughout, is a lot like Bartok's
String Quartets, meaning that, for anyone having heard those, can
imagine the mood of this work, that is anti-entertainment, bringing
depression and tragedy to the audience.
Harvey Keitel, Willen DaFoe, Mira Sorvino, Gina Gershon are the
stars of this work. Keitel is splendid in his role, in this tale of
a musician who is a victim of a senseless shooting in a tavern,
slipping into unconciousness, and then into a nightmare as his blood
pressure drops from the wound.
For a tragedy, Sorvino is a not a bad choice, considering her
natural penchant for a sad, modest, shy, passive, at times childish
introverted image or projected personality.
For DaFoe, a phenomenally talented actor, the script is the real
tragedy, as he goes into a 7 minute churlish monolog, with Keitel
obediently listening, and responding here and there, to the spiffy
litany of spewed words, from this spiritual guide in the other
world, deciding on Keitel's soul in limbo.
The story's targeted audience are the urban dwellers of mega-cities,
who can relate to the movie's setting.
Keitel's goal, is to adapt more to the fatuous drivel often seen on
sitcoms, to take on that style a bit, vs his admitted hot tempered,
undiplomatic, physical, tough guy confrontational approach that
surfaces in situations of injustice, etc. Admittedly, he tells
DaFoe, he finds difficulty perceiving, sensing and enjoying all the
small pleasures, artistic aspects, amusements that life has to
offer.
There's some attempts at scatological humor, such I couldn't have
arrived on stage any sooner, or my d*ck would be hanging out".
Member Reviews
Read All...
Lulu On The Bridge - BIKO
I watched this movie because I'm interested in just about everything Harvey Keitel does, and I watched it
yesterday, his 71st birthday. Paul Auster is some-times intriguing, and the rest of the cast bring authenticity to their roles- Mira Sorvino is sweet ...If depression is your gig, this is your DVD - Porkchop
LULU ON THE BRIDGE (1998), is a movie whose goal was of being
different from anything else that's been made, as a story, or movie,
perhaps by people in the business who have seen 1,000's of works
over their lifetimes.
The music most often ...