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Published on Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 2:38pm |
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Check Out This Beautifully Written And Directed Scene From Rian Johnson's THE BROTHERS BLOOM!
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It's been a long, agonizing wait, but Rian Johnson's wonderful THE BROTHERS BLOOM is finally headed to theaters this month. Starring Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as brothers in the art of the con, and Rachel Weisz as the lovely eccentric who comes between them, the film is a throwback to a lively and sophisticated style of filmmaking that seemingly died in the 1960s - right around the time Jules Dassin married Melina Mercouri. But it's also got a touch of Ashby and Truffaut sprinkled throughout. It's a singular work, and a very impressive follow-up to Johnson's brilliant debut, BRICK.
There have been trailers floating around since BLOOM premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival, and while some of them do a fairly effective job at selling this tough-to-categorize movie, the best way to prove you've got the goods is to showcase full, uninterrupted scenes. That's what Summit Entertainment did last week when they got Hulu to host the first seven minutes of Johnson's film. And if that didn't win you over, then please check out this elegantly staged (and played) scene between Adrian Brody and Rachel Weisz.
THE BROTHERS BLOOM opens in limited NY/LA release on May 15th (so there's your excuse to skip ANGELS AND DEMONS). It then expands to "select cities" on May 22nd, and finally goes nationwide on May 29th. How "nationwide" might be contingent on how well it does in the major markets, so to our big-city readers, make sure you support the movie on opening weekend to ensure that our film geek friends in Wichita will get to enjoy BLOOM on the big screen (as Johnson intended).
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Reader Talkback
First by BlindOgre | May 7th, 2009 02:45:58 PM | Wow, really, no one commented
yet? by askholia | May 7th, 2009 02:46:41 PM | Damn you Blind Ogre by askholia | May 7th, 2009 02:47:04 PM | No comments because... by BlindOgre | May 7th, 2009 02:51:19 PM | Fuck you whiny bitches... by gavdiggity | May 7th, 2009 03:19:39 PM | ReturnoftheCreepyThinMan by Elemeno Pee | May 7th, 2009 03:20:26 PM | How anyone would find this
boring by Elemeno Pee | May 7th, 2009 03:21:12 PM | He couldn't be more wrong
about not liking something? by seppukudkurosawa | May 7th, 2009 03:43:41 PM | i thought this movie came out
already... by nalapou | May 7th, 2009 03:54:43 PM | i cant wait... by gumkicker | May 7th, 2009 04:08:08 PM | It's unfortunate.. by Aphex Twin | May 7th, 2009 04:21:42 PM | Brick was a solid film... by Mistahtibbs | May 7th, 2009 04:42:18 PM | Trickery does not exist in
this dojo by Cobra--Kai | May 7th, 2009 04:56:12 PM | I mean he couldn't be more
wrong about by Elemeno Pee | May 7th, 2009 05:10:17 PM | Who are the ad wizards... by wampa 1 | May 7th, 2009 05:24:15 PM | Wes Anderson + Cohen Bros.... by Phil Connors | May 7th, 2009 05:54:03 PM | Why is this a May release? by My friends call me Killjoy | May 7th, 2009 06:04:42 PM | Loved Brick. by OutlawsDelejos | May 7th, 2009 06:10:44 PM | This looks very professional by Stollentroll | May 7th, 2009 06:52:58 PM | BRICK pretty damn good by Six Demon Bag | May 7th, 2009 07:36:34 PM | BRICK fails for not having
Nora Zehetner walking around
naked fo by pollaxt | May 7th, 2009 10:15:51 PM | could have just been a typo by frank cotton | May 7th, 2009 10:28:21 PM | This looks great! by brattyben | May 8th, 2009 12:52:34 AM | Great Little Movie by The Helper Monkey | May 8th, 2009 01:29:14 PM | Dear Haters who haven't seen
the movie: by Shigeru | May 8th, 2009 02:35:33 PM | This flick might be good... by Davidia | May 8th, 2009 03:14:17 PM |
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