957 Mikey and Nicky

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Boosmahn
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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

#26 Post by Boosmahn » Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:43 am

Boosmahn wrote:
Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:27 pm
I'm assuming Criterion forgot to put the "Essay by Nathan Rabin" in the special features list, or...?
It's listed in the supplements now.

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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

#28 Post by FrauBlucher » Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:02 am


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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

#29 Post by hearthesilence » Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:30 am

Looks great and looks like the U.S. DVD holds up well too. Clearly SD, but otherwise no oversharpening and the black levels and color palette are often very close to what's seen on the new BD, with some notable exceptions that can be chalked up to the colorist's choice.

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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

#30 Post by zedz » Thu Nov 28, 2019 3:39 pm

I found this interesting and enjoyable enough, and I thought the scrappy, lo-fi approach to what could have been a much more conventionally dramatic story worked well, but the thought that kept haunting me throughout is "why is Elaine May making a John Cassavetes film when she could be making an Elaine May film?"

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Re: 957 Mikey and Nicky

#31 Post by soundchaser » Thu Nov 28, 2019 3:56 pm

zedz wrote:
Thu Nov 28, 2019 3:39 pm
I found this interesting and enjoyable enough, and I thought the scrappy, lo-fi approach to what could have been a much more conventionally dramatic story worked well, but the thought that kept haunting me throughout is "why is Elaine May making a John Cassavetes film when she could be making an Elaine May film?"
I don’t think the subject matter is *that* far removed from, say, Ishtar, in that it’s about two co-dependent ne’er-do-wells, but I agree that I’d rather have seen a comedic take on the material. Falk obviously had the timing for it.

It does baffle me that people consider this May’s masterpiece. I like it pretty well, but definitely not as much as her other three features.

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