Saturday, March 25, 2006
INDIE
Today's film is not a NYTimes Best but it did win an Independent Spirit award. I got it because Netflix is promoting it to people who like Mexican films.
I rented one or two.
is pretty good. Slow.
It is three stories that finally connect head to tail; a la Ronde in spanglish.
When I say slow, I mean that you get to savor the humor and basic humanity of the subjects. It is enjoyable.
The underlying theme is an epigram that says if man were not basically criminal, we would need no laws. The characters here are all amateurs trying to get into the criminal life.
Based on the results, I would say that none of these people are very good at being criminal.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
I needed a break from the heavy cinema and it was a good one.
