I think they're trying to show that everything is the job - even when it shouldn't be, even when you think it can't possibly be.
I think the main issue I have with the film is that it's a plot-driven story, but they made a character-driven film out of it. I tend to like character-driven pieces, but in this instance, the plot suffered too much. Most people I've spoken to have either seen it twice or were intending to see it a second time because they didn't understand what was going on. It's also, imho, very obviously Oscar bait: the restricted colour palette, the deliberately theatrical sets-within-sets, the way it's shot (I actually groaned when the scenes with Ricki and Irina happened Rear Window style)... That just irks me. It just constantly shouts about its own artificiality, in a manner of speaking.
here's another reason why making Guillam gay is ok by me: it means that the intense male friendship-and-maybe-more between Jim and Bill is not the only gayness in the film, it means you don't end up with a correlation between 'potential homosexuality' and 'being a traitor'.
Oh. OH. I've never thought about it that way.
You know, you almost make me want to watch it again with your list of stuff you noticed. I have to say, seeing this on a small screen might actually work better for me, if I ever do. Third row in a multiplex cinema was very intense.
OH MY GOD LA CONFIDENTIAL I LOVE THAT FILM STUPID AMOUNTS.
The lighter is in the book but the way it was used in the film isn't (as far as I recall).
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I think the main issue I have with the film is that it's a plot-driven story, but they made a character-driven film out of it. I tend to like character-driven pieces, but in this instance, the plot suffered too much. Most people I've spoken to have either seen it twice or were intending to see it a second time because they didn't understand what was going on. It's also, imho, very obviously Oscar bait: the restricted colour palette, the deliberately theatrical sets-within-sets, the way it's shot (I actually groaned when the scenes with Ricki and Irina happened Rear Window style)... That just irks me. It just constantly shouts about its own artificiality, in a manner of speaking.
here's another reason why making Guillam gay is ok by me: it means that the intense male friendship-and-maybe-more between Jim and Bill is not the only gayness in the film, it means you don't end up with a correlation between 'potential homosexuality' and 'being a traitor'.
Oh. OH. I've never thought about it that way.
You know, you almost make me want to watch it again with your list of stuff you noticed. I have to say, seeing this on a small screen might actually work better for me, if I ever do. Third row in a multiplex cinema was very intense.
OH MY GOD LA CONFIDENTIAL I LOVE THAT FILM STUPID AMOUNTS.
The lighter is in the book but the way it was used in the film isn't (as far as I recall).
Don't be sorry, I had fun there :)