Saturday, July 14, 2007
UPPER CRUST
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was
Anyone old enough to have had enough of the Von Bulow case when it really happened will either be fascinated or totally repelled by this re-enactment and simulation of the various sides.
Jeremy Irons is almost near the edge of parody with his haughty playboy Von Bulow. He did win the Oscar for it.
Glenn Close plays comatose almost half the time as the wife, Sunny.
Uta Hagen gives a nice edge as a (maybe) scheming personal maid.
Ron Silver plays Alan Dershowitz pretty straight. He is as obnoxious as I imagine the real Dersh to be. We used to sit near him at the Celebrity Series in Boston. I cannot attest to his assholism but he does have an aura about him.
As to the film, I was neither fascinated or repelled.
I thought it clunky as a matter of fact. I didn't care.
It draws no conclusions (which is OK) but it is quite herky jerky in getting to that point. The process does not justify the non-ending, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, it will be lucky to get a 3 out of Netflix5 from me. I will see how it sits.
The rich are different. They are very, very boring.
They don't even make interesting addict/drunks. Or gold diggers for that matter.
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