Thursday, January 10, 2013
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
Today's film was Matthieu Kassovitz'
Three french hoods from the outside Paris ghetto walk the streets and, as in a road movie, encounter all kinds of mischief, looking for trouble. They eventually find it.
Framed in the midst of the riots of some years ago, the theme is alienation.
This is also a'buddy" film. A black guy, an arab guy and a white wasp guy, Vincent Cassel in one of his first film roles.
Sometimes funny, always suspenseful. Run-ins with the cops, other gang bangers, odd friends, the pace is fast and sometimes furious.
I enjoyed the process if not the outcome which is foretold.
Great black and white cinematography. Covers one day in the life of these guys. Over and out.
A 3 out of Netflix5. I am a great Cassel fan.
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