Review for The Limey
03-12-00 | 05:18 PM
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The Aritsan release of the Steven Soderbergh film The Limey is a perfect SE for fans. The disc is 16x9 and has 5.1 surround. It's got two very interesting commentaries as well as trailers, an isolated music track, production notes, and cast and crew bios.
The film is about an Irish career criminal(Terrence Stamp) who has just arrived in L.A. in search of closure. His daughter was murdered. He knows who did it, what he wants to know is why she was killed and who she really was after all these years. It's directed by Soderbergh and makes an interesting side piece to Out of Sight. The film is filled with displaced time and alternate takes of the same scene. It's a very interesting process and really moves the scenes along. It's not a typical crime noir film. The performances are great as well. The characters are very thoughtful like they are in a book rather then blunt like other films. A highly recommended film.
The audio and video is great. Soderbergh's style and the film's vivid color come across excellently. The first commentary by Soderbergh and the writer Lem Dobbs is a interesting listen. They argue and disagree alot and it is great not to hear an ass kiss session like other commentaries. It's also noted that the commentary is edited much like the film. It's odd at first, and I thought it was audio mistake but, their commentary is chopped up much like the film and some of their sentences are repeated and echoed. The second commentary is a rather new take on commentaries. Labeled as a "60's Docu-commentary" this track is filled with nearly every actor involved with Soderbegh and Dobbs returning. The focus on this track is how the everyone involved lived during the 60's(which is relevant as Stamp and Peter Fonda were arguably 60's icons) and their thought's on that era. In fact this track is edited much like a documentary and like the first an interesting listen.
The Limey is a great disc. The commentaries are refreshing listens from other film commentaries. If you haven't seen the film, it's more then worth a rent. If you're already a fan you will be very pleased with the disc.
[This message has been edited by Cereal-Killer (edited March 12, 2000).]
The film is about an Irish career criminal(Terrence Stamp) who has just arrived in L.A. in search of closure. His daughter was murdered. He knows who did it, what he wants to know is why she was killed and who she really was after all these years. It's directed by Soderbergh and makes an interesting side piece to Out of Sight. The film is filled with displaced time and alternate takes of the same scene. It's a very interesting process and really moves the scenes along. It's not a typical crime noir film. The performances are great as well. The characters are very thoughtful like they are in a book rather then blunt like other films. A highly recommended film.
The audio and video is great. Soderbergh's style and the film's vivid color come across excellently. The first commentary by Soderbergh and the writer Lem Dobbs is a interesting listen. They argue and disagree alot and it is great not to hear an ass kiss session like other commentaries. It's also noted that the commentary is edited much like the film. It's odd at first, and I thought it was audio mistake but, their commentary is chopped up much like the film and some of their sentences are repeated and echoed. The second commentary is a rather new take on commentaries. Labeled as a "60's Docu-commentary" this track is filled with nearly every actor involved with Soderbegh and Dobbs returning. The focus on this track is how the everyone involved lived during the 60's(which is relevant as Stamp and Peter Fonda were arguably 60's icons) and their thought's on that era. In fact this track is edited much like a documentary and like the first an interesting listen.
The Limey is a great disc. The commentaries are refreshing listens from other film commentaries. If you haven't seen the film, it's more then worth a rent. If you're already a fan you will be very pleased with the disc.
[This message has been edited by Cereal-Killer (edited March 12, 2000).]
