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Ask The Dust [DVD] [2005]

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Actors: Salma Hayek, Colin Farrell
Directors: Robert Towne
Format: PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Pathe Distribution
DVD Release Date: 2 Oct 2006
Run Time: 113 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000HN31JW
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,414 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Colin Farrell (The New World, Alexander) and Salma Hayek (Frida, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) sizzle in this adaptation of John Fante's classic novel of desire in the desert. Farrell plays Arturo Bandini, a would-be writer seeking fame, fortune and a blue-eyed blonde in 1930's Los Angeles. Instead, he finds Mexican barmaid Camilla (Hayek), who hopes to blend into Anglo society by marrying a wealthy blue-blood. With remarkable performances, stunning photography, and direction by Academy Award®-winner Robert Towne, Ask the Dust is a powerful story of two castoffs in a struggle between their ambitions and the passion that arises between them.

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Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell, MIAMI VICE) is a down-and-out writer in 1930s Los Angeles who dreams of making it big. He begins a relationship with Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek, TIMECODE), a waitress who also wants to rise above her station. Of Italian origin, Arturo decides to move to Los Angeles to write his first novel and to escape his roots. With little money, he moves into a shabby guest house populated by a number of eccentric characters and develops writer's block. Arturo meets fiery Mexican waitress Camilla in a cafe and the two soon trade insults. An intense courtship develops despite Arturo wanting a relationship with a blue eyed, blonde woman and Camilla wanting a relationship with a rich white American man. Arturo and Camilla seek to overcome the shame they feel over their ethnicity and forge a strong relationship. Written for the screen and directed by Robert Towne--the Oscar winning writer of CHINATOWN--ASK THE DUST is a sumptuous period piece that shows Depression-era Los Angeles as a grand and lonely place. The tale of passion and prejudice greatly benefits from the sizzling chemistry between Farrell and Hayek and ASK THE DUST is a stunningly shot film.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising, 28 Feb 2007

By	J. Finlayson "j_fin" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently read Fante's Ask the Dust and was keen to see how the film version would stand up. I was suprised by Farrells' ability to play the totured Bandini and I think he managed it extremely well. But then I've always preferred Farrell's more 'art-house' films (i.e. A Home At The End Of The World) and this film gives him an opportunity to display the acting talent that he has. Hayek is a great Camilla and although the film strays from the book for a slightly Hollywood ending, its worth the watching.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "Angus Love", , 3 Jul 2007

By	Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Ever since Frida, I have been waiting for Salma to come back and do a similar impressing movie and of course Salma pull this one off very well same goes for Collin Farrell. I don't think a lot of people really understand what they're seeing here. Never mind the source material; this is a glossy Hollywood melodrama in the vein of 'Some Come Running,' which is a good comparison, for that movie also dealt with the Artist Coming Into His Own and evolving into a more empathetic human being through a disastrous love story. I personally enjoyed it throughout. For me, the characters seemed real - people who were trying to be someone they were not, which fits with their environment.

Arturo and Camilla seemed to "fight" their love for each other, moment to moment alternately revealing or suppressing their prejudices. Take out the racial element and it reminded me a bit of Deanie and Bud in 'Splendor in the Grass', you almost expect them to burst into flames as they battle the demons that conspire to keep them apart. Just when they finally seem to find some peace with each other it all falls apart during the simple gesture of going on their "first" date. The passion between Atruro and Camillia is great and the love scenes are fantastic especially a flashback scene that takes place in the ocean. I was touched by Arturo's attempts to teach Camilla to read from one particular book (title of my review) and attain citizenship.

I was also impressed with the performances of Idina Menzel (especially the scene's with Atrturo mention by reviewer Damian) and Donald Sutherland (the latter a bit reminiscent of Sutherland's Homer Simpson in ("The Day of the Locust"). I was so glad to see Robert Towne's name in the credits again, I based my decision to see the film on my high regard for his work and that of Salma's as well. I find it ironic that Robert Towne, a product of the last golden age of cinema, would re-appear just as we seem to be having a 70's-like renaissance in independent film, just like the 70's/Vietnam era? The parallels are there.

`Ask the Dust' is what it is. If you don't like melodramatic tropes you won't like this, as the movie adheres to a lot of them: After this movie, watch the milk you put in your coffee.

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