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Seven Psychopaths – 2012 Martin McDonagh
- The melding of comedy and violence a la Tarantino with some of the stream of consciousness metanarrative work of Charlie Kaufman (particularly Adaptation)—Martin McDonagh’s strengths are in his writing
- Adore the glowing 0/4 review from Rex Reed—a badge of honor- haha
- We get one freeze-frame on the first psychopath – drops that aesthetic choice quickly
- Magnificent opening of Michael Pitt and Michael Stuhlberg—this is true Tarantino- mob-guys, Travolta and Samuel L making small talk
- The Hollywood sign—this is a metafiction—the lead, Colin Farrell is a screenwriter, he’s named Marty (hey), he’s working on a script called Seven Psychopaths
- Writers block and Irish alcoholism to great comedic effect
- The Harry Dean Stanton Quaker movie within the movie
- An incredibly talented ensemble—Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson—these two would team back up with Martin McDonagh again in Three Billboards in 2017
- Opera music in one section, rock the next
- Dialogue like “he’s ok. It’s their blood. It’s his puke”
- We’re still introducing the seventh psychopath 48 minutes into the film – the structure is flimsy- but always entertaining—the dog is a McGuffin
- Back to the metanarrative- we finish the film as Farrell finishes typing the screenplay
- Recommend- but not near top 10 of 2012—I do think In Bruges is stronger
Drake2020-07-03T10:29:04+00:00
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So is Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell more talented than Christopher Walken?
@Anderson- No- does it say that somewhere on the site?
“An incredibly talented ensemble—Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson”
No mention of Walken here or anywhere else in this page
@Anderson- simply highlighting a few actors, this is not a ranking of the most talented actors in the cast
Shouldn’t Walken be included there? He is in Dune:Part 2 but is this his last achievable film for now?
@Anderson- I don’t follow your comment here
Sorry. It’s basically two comments. First is there is no mention of Walken at all in this page. Which feels like a miss.
Second is, is Seven Psychopaths the last achievable film for now for Christopher Walken? Before Dune 2 comes out.
@Anderson- Got it – understood. Nope- these are not errors.