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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
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755.0. "Killing Zoe" by NETRIX::michaud (The Waterdance) Mon Jan 30 1995 20:31

	This one stars Eric Stoltz, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Julie Delphy
	(as Zoe).

	It was billed on the box as an action/adventure from the creators
	of Pulp Fiction and True Romance.  I haven't seen Pulp Fiction
	yet, but this film certainly didn't even live up to True Romance.

	Stoltz plays an American safe-cracker who goes to Paris to help
	out a childhood friend (who is Frech) with a bank job.  Delphy
	plays a wanna-be artist who does tricks (ie. prostitution) to
	help put herself through art school.  The friend (Anglade) however
	is a major druggy as are the rest of the robbery team he's put
	together.  The robbery goes sour and I won't give away the ending.

	I don't know why they call it ".... Zoe" seeing the character Zoe
	only has a relatively small part.

	Thumbs down.
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755.1Zed's dead baby. Zed's dead.BABAGI::LYSETHKevin Lyseth 237-3318Mon Feb 06 1995 13:139
    
    	Saw this over the weekend, being a Quentin fan. The only
    	similarities between this and True Romance was a vaguely
    	similar ending.
    
    	Similarities between this and Pulp? A guy named Zed.
    
    	Mediocre, but worth a rental if you're tired of seeing
    	Reservoir Dogs over and over and over ...
755.2why must it be similar?CSCMA::MARSHALLWed Mar 08 1995 14:3111
    Remember that Quentin did not write, nor direct this film. He and 
    Lawrence Bender were the Executive Producers. 
    
    It certainly wasn't Pulp Fiction, True Romance or Resevoir Dogs, but
    I'll Killing Zoe over many of the movies that hit the theaters and 
    videos nowadays.
    
    Scott
    
    P.S. Jean-Hugues Anglade played in one of my favorite all time
    movies... Luc Besson's "La Femme Nakita".
755.3PENUTS::DDESMAISONSno, i'm aluminuming 'um, mumWed Mar 08 1995 16:534
    
	 Jean-Hugues Anglade was terrific in this.  I liked it quite
	 a bit too.  

755.4loved itMETALX::SWANSONOzzmosisTue Nov 28 1995 17:1932
    I thought this movie was great.  Better than True Romance and Reservoir
    Dogs.  But not better than Pulp Fiction!
    
    I liked the way the French guy seemed nice at first, and gradually
    turned out to be more and more of an *sshole!  Normally I would not
    like that type of thing in a movie, but this one was just different
    somehow.
    
    Another (slight) similarity to Pulp Fiction:
    
    In Pulp Fiction, Vince (while under the influence of Heroin) sees
    a dotted line appear in thin air where Umma Thurman's character drew a
    square with her fingers.
    
    In Killing Zoe, the safecracker guy (while under the influence of
    Heroin) see musical notes floating out of the intruments that the band
    at the nightclub are playing.
    
    As to why it was called Killing Zoe, I think it's totally obvious,
    (and an EXCELLENT title).
    
    Spoiler warning... if you don't want the ending spoiled, DON'T READ
    PAST THE FORM FEED!!
    
    
    It was called Killing Zoe, because Zoe did the killing at the end of
    the movie which saved the day.  It's a play on words.
    
    Ken
    
    
    
755.5UHUH::MARISONScott MarisonTue Nov 28 1995 18:089
>    In Pulp Fiction, Vince (while under the influence of Heroin) sees
>    a dotted line appear in thin air where Umma Thurman's character drew a
>    square with her fingers.

hmmm... I never took it that way... i.e., that Vince was seeing a dotted
line square due to heroin... I took it as just part of the film and it's
offbeat jokes... 

/scott
755.6KERNEL::PLANTCThe Circle is now complete!Wed Nov 29 1995 05:5312
    
    
    
    yeah ...the dotted line thing was done in an episode of the 
    Flintstones too. The teenagers used to do it in the episode
    where Fred was a rock singer.
    
    There's a town I know where the hipsters go..called bedrock..twist,
    twist!! :))))
    
    Chris
    :)
755.7FABSIX::I_GOLDIEresident alienWed Nov 29 1995 16:0412
    
    
    re a few
    
    killing Zoe is a poor attempt at a market currently ruled by Tarantino.
    Its no where near as good anything Tarantino has made.I had heard so
    many good things about this movie and was very diappointed.
    
    
    
    
    					Ian  
755.8KERNEL::PLANTCThe Truth is out there.....Mon Aug 05 1996 08:4221
    
    
    Just saw this one last night.
    
    The movie had the Tarentino  flavour, but I found the drug crazed
    night a bit slow and drawn out. I would have liked to see Zoe a lot
    more.
    
    
    spoiler
    
    
    
    
    the title, in my opinion, is significant because its when the druggy
    friend tries to kill Zoe that Zed rebels and this saves his life.
    Zoe is the key.
    
    	
    Chris
    :)