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Forty Shades of Blue [2004]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
In Forty Shades of Blue, writer/director Ira Sachs takes three archetypes--temperamental artist, trophy wife, and brooding writer--and turns them into real people. Alan (Rip Torn, The Larry Sanders Show), producer of numerous R&B hits, is a Memphis legend in the Sam Phillips mold. On a trip to Russia a few years ago, he met the much younger Laura (Dina Korzun, Last Resort), who became his common-law wife. They had a child. It should be a good life, except fidelity is not part of Alan's vocabulary. Michael (Darren Burrows, Northern Exposure), adult son from one of his many previous marriages, is an English teacher and aspiring author. When Michael travels from LA for a rare visit, he quickly realizes it's easier to talk to Laura than to his own father--or even his own wife, who decides to join him later. The more Alan, who perceives himself as a man of action, ignores Laura and belittles the introspective Michael, however, the closer they become. But how much of their attraction is based on lust and how much is based on a mutual desire to get back at the larger-than-life hitmaker for his misdeeds? Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Forty Shades of Blue may sound like soap opera, but in the patient, attentive hands of Sachs (The Delta), it never plays like it. Alan, Michael, and Laura are neither heroes nor villains; just three lonely people trapped in self-contained worlds of their own creation. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
A masterpiece
Review date: 2008-01-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
Brilliant.
A must see movie.
A heartbreaking romance
where a beautiful woman is
treated as a mere object,
left lost, isolated and alone in a crowd.
Beautifully captured by the camera.
Sensationally acted by Dina Korzun and Rip Torn.
The attention to detail is amazing.
The camera angles, objects and gifts,
and the haunting theme music of the lead character,
make every moment priceless.
The single tear that flows
is a more powerful moment
than any Hollywood blockbuster can give.
Get off the phone Rip before its too late!
Prepare to be deeply moved.
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Reviews
Slow, but well crafted
Review date: 2007-05-28 Rating: 8 out of 10
This film may not cover any original ground, but it is a careful and perceptive piece of cinema.
Rip Torn plays Alan, the larger than life, wealthy, philandering record producer, who lives with intelligent, beautiful young wife and their child. The arrival of his adult son, Michael, lays bare the faultlines in all their relationships.
Dina Korzun gives a brilliant performance, of both vulnerability and steel, as the lonely Russian trophy wife, looked on as mere decoration by all Alan's friends and associates.
Rip Torn is equally good, as the blustering, passionate, selfish middle aged man, too wrapped up in himself to see what is happening around him.
This is an honest film, with characters that make you feel uncomfortable about their choices, but it is all the more real for that.
Definitely worth a look.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Rip Torn
Dina Korzun
Darren E. Burrows
Creators:
Dina Korzun (Primary Contributor)
Rip Torn (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Artificial Eye
Manufacturer: Artificial Eye
EAN: 5021866319308
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2006-10-23
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 104 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)