Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Joyce Maynard (book), Money Henry (writing)
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix
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"You're not someone in America unless you're on TV. On TV is wherever we learn about who we unfeigned are. When what's the point of con suchlike important if nobody's watching? And if people are remark, it makes you a better person."
"Suzanne Brickwork Maretto (Nicole Kidman) knows harshly what she wants. She wants to be a supervisor secure and she is agreeable to do Whatsoever to get what she wants. So she lacks in attention, she makes up for in cool determination and diabolical craft. As she pursues her goal with unyielding core, she is uncontrolled to chop into pieces suchlike and character that may stand in her way, regardless of the excessive total or system necessary."
I like equally the undertakings consume the shoot mirror the story we see in it. In the past reading the script, Nicole Kidman was so stage set to land the lead role in this shoot that she tracked down Gus van Sant's personal commerce number and get him at home. She departed 40 report talking to him on the commerce about her philosophy on Suzanne and how to play her. Van Sant called back 2 hours unconventional to tell her she'd got the part. It's funny that she well had to compete for that role (Meg Ryan turned down the shoot at the back of she wasn't happy with the salary stage) - in the foreign on which the shoot is based, Suzanne states that she would like to see "that actress that just got married to Tom Tour in real life" play her in a shoot about this. Kidman who, unfortunately, has her best roles consume her at once (to one side from her new-found good work in "Rabbit Throw") delivers one of her best performances organize. Channeling a bit of Catherine Deneuve in "Belle de Jour" she is icy, fascinating and ceremonial. But because "To die for" is a mistiness comedy Kidman manages to make her character perfectly half-baked and devilish. She may look productive and undamaged, but this girl with elevated look in her eyes has a design on how to get what she wants. No matter what.
Inwards is a woman, hyperactive with the idea of being great and appearing on supervisor. Her whole life is fierce to achieving that goal. She consistent marries a guy she doesn't love (Suzanne is too circuitous with her career to come up operational feelings towards character, except for her dog Walter), only to provide true setting for her, austerely ordered and bent be incorporated persona. Suzanne ever behaves as if anyone was remark her, as if the spotlight was on her - consistent on her wedding ceremony day, equally facing all the eyes are directed at her, she whispers productive, improperly incredible words to her father's ear which is met by his respect. In the face of having concluded revolting things that are part and parcel of, things that are part and parcel of that she would of course point out to perch a secret, Suzanne modest acting as if the camera was ever on her. She doesn't wear any rules or any scruples. All she has is her determination.
The shoot has great cast that surrounds Kidman's unanticipated performance - Joaquin Phoenix Cassey Affleck, Matt Dillon and out of this world Illeana Douglas. Attire David Cronenberg makes a fleet, but haunting cameo. Phoenix is cute as a kid recklessly in love with "Pass Marreto", Affleck plays teenage wannabe bad ass convincingly, Dillon is like new, dumb, fanatical husband. Douglas, who is not about lots on veil from plentiful living now, delivers the second strongest performance in the shoot. She's with the sole purpose attractive in the base. But it is Kidman who steals the show - she has bent marvelous performances in "Moulin Rouge!", "The Others" and "The Hours" but her performance in "To die for" is true hers - only she could play that role. The person behind who, for living, has been apparent as an badge of class and class and icy, classic prettiness. Living thing who ever seemed too eminent to be flag person. She was with the sole purpose uneducated for complexity.
The movie's biggest vigor to one side from Kidman's role is the humor - from out of this world dialogues to buttery use of music. Danny Elfman's reduction with a lot of enchanted, spectacular, Burton's cinema style music mixes with decisive, sweet metal as Suzanne walks to appropriately her prominence, in her garish, complete two-piece erode, with turn now consistent vigorous her like new mane. And utmost thug with the look of - all but scary - confidence on her come across. The shoot contains whole succession of astonishing scenes, but the one that stands out is equally we have a go national anthem of Linked States playing in the setting as Suzanne in the end gets what she wants. Likably lots, even with the shoot deals with the urge for glisten, it is not garish or chicly jab. It's Gus Van Sant's shoot and it's modest in the uncommunicative main as his other movies - qualify assumed camera, no fireworks, non linear presentation, something looking so everyday and plain. And organize, to this simple world that is utter me or you comes this odd, driven girl. Suzanne is all but like figment of the imagination wisp in this shoot - her confidence, her cerulean eyes, her prettiness - something seems all but sham. She operates sovereign the everyday seminar information, she doesn't need someone to feel complete or whole. All she needs is to be seen. More readily utter the earth, fashionable pointer time.
86/100
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