Admittedly, this is not the film's most famous Clint Eastwood (since without the revenue from abroad, he would not even reported in the USA what it cost) but however, a masterly film, far special effects Firefox or future Space Cowboys , wholly focused on the care and attention given to the psychology of characters, beginning with Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey sublime, as usual), a wealthy dandy unlikely small town of New Orleans to speak very chastened - in short, even I who am a real quiche in English, I see it ("Let's take a walk, shall we, Sport?"):
Interviewed on the occasion of its large and highly coveted Christmas by the timid journalist John Kelso (John Cusack), also a great lover of art, giving rise to this exciting first conversation about a "painted" (canvas covered by another teacher) - exciting because it is by itself an abyss into the film world:
What is beneath appearances?
And basically, who cares really?
Especially in a small town like Savannah (note that the film is based on a genuine news story):
A city of "sweet crazy" moreover, where everyone carries a gun by a simple routine:
A city where people walk to honor a promise, dogs that do not exist:
A city where others are wandering around with a few flies permanently attached to their necks (Geoffrey Lewis, one of the favorite actors Clint Eastwood, father crossing the very crazy Juliet the same name, between heroin others Strange Days and Natural Born Killers ):
But above all a city where the main attraction in winter is about who will be part - or not - the lucky few invited to the prestigious event by Jim Williams (and besides, you want to contribute to give me a small organ such recessed into the wall, you just need to gather about 600,000 €, no more!):
Until, as told in the Bible "The veil is torn, and the tombs are half ..." (In this case, that of Jude Law, found dead at that night, shot by "legitimate defense" by the master of the house):
very provisional morality of history, valid in all circumstances, but of course, particularly in small towns:
Perhaps it is this part of the movie that basically displeased the Americans themselves, as it oscillates between registers while showing very different things bluntly that people did really want to see whether the transvestite Lady Chablis (who plays his role brilliantly, often very funny):
Or the voodoo priestess Minerva, which even managed to take part in all this limits the fantastic mix of genres certainly very puzzling, but particularly successful in Eastwood, in my opinion:
The second part, much more conventional - since it joined the style popular in the U.S. But if the "trial films" - nevertheless exciting in that it will take great delight in shelling, an entomologist with precision, all the foibles of living lower Savannah, the Commissioner of Forensic through prospective boyfriends Jude Law. But again, thanks to his innate sense of breathing and assembly, Eastwood will avoid the major pitfall genus (bored viewers to force testimony, and camera) in us rewarding scenes among the funniest of the film, including one where Lady Chablis will put his heart's content by sowing chaos in the monstrous posh "black cotillion" in the city:
One of the highlights of the film, where we see further that having a different sexual life the majority is no guarantee of an immoral, quite the contrary:
thesis that will ultimately be supported strongly by counsel for Jim Williams (Jack Thompson), taking the transition defense of all those stigmatized by the so-called "right-thinking":
In this sense, it offers the same time a certain kinship with all previous Absolute Power (1997), and with the much older The Penalty (1975), but course, with infinitely more control, even if the treatment has been paradoxical at first glance, disconcerting in more than one!
Feel free to explore at this film, one of the most unjustly neglected master ... You will not regret it!
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