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| 487.1 | | SSAG::LARY | Laughter & hope & a sock in the eye | Mon Mar 07 1994 07:14 | 7 |
| Lena Olin is impressive in the movie - more as a presence than as an actress.
The movie itself is, well, a two hour music video without the music. Or maybe
an extended dream sequence, I dunno. Colander plot, many improbabilities,
moderate to heavy violence, lots of voiceover. But stylishly done. Keep the
nit-picking part of your brain away from the theatre and you'll probably like
it. I did, sort of...
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| 487.2 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | i'd fix it but I don't know how | Mon Mar 07 1994 13:39 | 6 |
| I haven't seen this or Havana, but I thought she was good in The
Unbearable Lightness of Being. Was she also in Enemies, A Love Story?
Anway, if that was her, I thought she was good in that, too.
Lorna
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| 487.3 | | 34838::KATZ | Follow your conscience | Mon Mar 07 1994 17:02 | 3 |
| She stole "Romeo". It was a great part for her.
-Jim-
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| 487.4 | odd | DECWET::JWHITE | decline to sign | Mon Mar 07 1994 21:28 | 7 |
| 487.5 | Enemies, and Oscar | 11770::DOONAN | | Thu Mar 10 1994 15:50 | 3 |
| Yup, she was in 'Enemies, ...' and won a Supporting Actress Oscar
nomination for her troubles.
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| 487.6 | Scandal? | 23989::VETEIKIS | | Tue Mar 22 1994 20:24 | 5 |
| I also noticed she was in a movie called "Scandal." Anyone seen this
movie? What did you think? It looked like it was several years old, so
how long has Lena been doing movies?
CV
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| 487.7 | | ACESMK::CHELSEA | Mostly harmless. | Thu Mar 24 1994 16:15 | 2 |
| _Scandal_ was mid-80s, I think. Bridget Fonda co-starred, so it can't
be too old.
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| 487.8 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | used to be a sweet girl | Thu Mar 24 1994 18:34 | 6 |
| re .7, Val Kilmer's wife (whatever her name is) was the other co-star,
from what I remember. Isn't that the one about the British
politician/call-girl scandal of the 60's?
Lorna
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| 487.9 | Kilmer spouse | 23989::VETEIKIS | | Fri Mar 25 1994 00:33 | 9 |
| re. .8
Val Kilmer's wife:
Josie Whalley-Kilmer, or something like that (soon to be Scarlett in the
sequel to Gone With The Wind, I hear).
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| 487.10 | | 42326::BOWEO | Telepathy, means never having to say ... | Fri Mar 25 1994 09:22 | 6 |
| Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
They met on the set of Willow (allegedly)
and it was the Profumo scandal.
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| 487.11 | Wossit awl Labout? | YUPPY::SECURITY | Security @LDO | Thu Apr 14 1994 10:13 | 5 |
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R.I.B. opens in the U.K. at the end of April. It looks intrigueing
(sp). Anyone know what the general idea of the film is?
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| 487.12 | | 65320::RIVERS | Stupid, STUPID rat creatures! | Thu Apr 14 1994 13:41 | 8 |
| As I understand it, the basic premise is that Lena Olin kicks Gary
Oldman around. He's a cop, she's a bitch (they say that on TV now, I
figured I could say that here. :)
Haven't seen it. It didn't seem to last too long in theaters.
kim
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| 487.13 | He's a cop, she's a hitwoman... | 42371::HANDLEYI | Schwing! | Fri Apr 15 1994 09:48 | 9 |
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Apparently, one of the plus points of the film is that Lena Olin spends
much of the time wandering around in her underwear...
I've got my ticket reserved already...:^0
Ian
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| 487.14 | | ODIXIE::MOREAU | Ken Moreau;Sales Support;South FL | Wed Jul 13 1994 13:30 | 19 |
| My wife and I saw this last night, and didn't think much of it.
Moderately graphic violence, heavy exposition, extremely slow starting, lots
of plot holes.
But the biggest problem is that there are no sympathetic characters. The
main character spends lots of time "listening to the voices in my head
telling me to do things I know I shouldn't". He's right, doing those things
is totally self-destructive. *BUT HE KEEPS DOING THEM*! Lena Olin is
the most understandable person in the movie, but is totally unsympathetic.
All other characters do things which make no sense, and for which no
explanations are ever provided.
And there were very few scenes of Lena Olin in her underwear, and of those
few most of the time she was covered in blood (hers and others).
We didn't like or understand any character in the movie. Two thumbs down.
-- Ken Moreau
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| 487.15 | | 42371::HANDLEYI | Enlighten Me! | Wed Jul 13 1994 16:23 | 2 |
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Oh well, sod it then.......
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| 487.16 | | 29052::WSA038::SATTERFIELD | Close enough for jazz. | Tue Sep 06 1994 23:18 | 10 |
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I agree with an earlier reply, as long as you don't make the mistake of paying
too close attention to the plot it's quite well done. The plot is very much
film noir but not the photography. If you don't enjoy film noir you won't enjoy
this. Lena Olin besides being gorgeus turn in a good performance as a
sociopathic hit woman (90's femme fatale).
Randy
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| 487.17 | ...... | SWAM1::MEUSE_DA | | Mon Oct 10 1994 15:17 | 9 |
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Rented it over the weekend. It was ok. Lena Olin, I think that's why
I rented it. She really came on tough. Especially the missing arm part
and Gary in a scissor head lock. ouch.
psycho-babe from hell.
Dave
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| 487.18 | | MDNITE::RIVERS | Whee! | Mon Feb 06 1995 13:42 | 13 |
| Very pseudo-noirish, if that makes any sense. It didn't keep my
attention riveted to the TV, but I more or less saw most of it.
Gary Oldman was OK, Lena was interesting in that femme-fatale sort of
way, but it wasn't violent or strange or involved enough to make me
really feel like I was missing anything when I wandered out of the
room. Whoever said there were no sympathetic characters was right.
I kinda liked the ending. It was suitable.
**.25 out of ****
kim
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