For the
sake of not having to write the same intro a million
different ways throughout the rest of time, just know that
this column avoids the overly long and sometimes dull
process of full film reviews and instead opts to break
things down based on what I thought going in, what happened
while I was there and what I learned at the end of it all.
Thanks for reading!
The
Breakdown - Julia
The Impression:
A film with Tilda Swinton in it? Count me in.
The Reality:
To be quite honest I saw this
film in the wake of getting to touch Errol Morris and
finally fulfilling the lifelong dream of seeing Roger Ebert
speak, thus this film could have been footage of maggots
eating dog feces and I would've be happy. Luckily though
this is a fantastic, break-neck speed kidnapping film with
one fantastically self-destructive performance by the one,
the only Tilda Swinton. I'm starting to think that Ms.
Swinton is the best female actor out there these days and
her role as the always-wasted child 'napper Julia, backs
this up deliciously well. Toss her fantastically realized
character in to a script where anything can happen, and
does, and you have a sorely under seen thriller rife with
emotion that you, the googly eyed public need to see.
The Lesson:
I would watch Tilda Swinton
scrubbing her dog's ass.
Noah Sanders is the blog/news editor at Light In The
Attic and a contributor at Sound On The Sound and
the KEXP blog. He also has his own
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