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Blue In The Face [DVD]
 
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Blue In The Face [DVD]

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3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 9 May 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004XBOCKG
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,728 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The value of this piece of film is to see Keitle and the others 'play' in front of the camera. It and 'Smoke' provide insights into the preoccupations of the very accomplished writer, Paul Auster: New York, parents and parenting, our self-obsessions and self-deceptions; the fact that 'shit happens' usually, but that something musch more beautiful and strange can and does happen unpredictably. One does, it should be said, be a North American city dweller to fully appreciate this film. I, for example 'did time' in Chicago and loved every minute of it.

Apart from the above, I was delighted to see Lou Reed work infront of a camera instead of a microphone, but then I have to admit that I have been a 'fan' since Velvet Underground daze.

It should be mentioned that both 'Smoke' and this film were shown on ARTE, a Franco/German television station and one of the best in Western Europe in the second week of March 2000. In all this film is certainly worth your time. It is better anything that I have seen on 'prime time' television.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This quirky companion piece to Smoke is unconventional and mainly improvised, which is why I love it so much. My favourite films are generally those that make me laugh and that I can watch again and again without getting bored. By fulfilling these criteria, Blue in the Face is therefore in my top ten. Harvey Kietel is of course brilliant but the cameo players are a delight - Jim Jarmusch is especially wonderful; I can't watch an action movie the same way now I've seen his description of how actors treat their guns. John Lurie and his Orchestra are also well used as buskers outside the shop and Lily Tomlin's loopy act as a waffle obsessive is fab too. Even Madonna's good in it. Rent or buy this, you won't be disappointed.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Blue in the face has all its strengths and weaknesses fundamentally tied into its non rehearsed, improvisational nature. It works. Coming off the skill of Smoke, this slice of life from the much laboured area of New York gives off originality and tenderness seen only through such risky undertakings. The cast is exceptional, Keitel shines of course, and Michale J Fox is very funny in his small cameo. I would recommend watching after Smoke, whereby the atmosphere and characters would be far more established and meaningful. Deservees more recognition.
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