"Something Wild"is probably Jonathan Demme's best film. It does what a really good film should do; it takes us on a trip to a far-out and dangerous destination and it gives us a buzz all the while. It starts out like a screwball comedy, (and it has all the attributes of a great screwball comedy before moving midway into much darker thriller territory and it makes that move brilliantly). Nothing in this great picture is predictable; it's a true original and it's got three classic
performances. Melanie Griffith is Audrey who just might be 'Lulu',
(when we first meet her she's got a Louise Brooks hairdo), Jeff Daniels
is Charlie, the sap she picks up and drags into her nightmare, (and
Daniels is magnificent), and Ray Liotta is Ray, Audrey's psychopathic
husband. It's also got one of the great rock scores of any movie,
courtesy of John Cale, Laurie Anderson and David Byrne amongst others.
Indeed the whole movie is a blast.Saturday, 4 May 2019
SOMETHING WILD
"Something Wild"is probably Jonathan Demme's best film. It does what a really good film should do; it takes us on a trip to a far-out and dangerous destination and it gives us a buzz all the while. It starts out like a screwball comedy, (and it has all the attributes of a great screwball comedy before moving midway into much darker thriller territory and it makes that move brilliantly). Nothing in this great picture is predictable; it's a true original and it's got three classic
performances. Melanie Griffith is Audrey who just might be 'Lulu',
(when we first meet her she's got a Louise Brooks hairdo), Jeff Daniels
is Charlie, the sap she picks up and drags into her nightmare, (and
Daniels is magnificent), and Ray Liotta is Ray, Audrey's psychopathic
husband. It's also got one of the great rock scores of any movie,
courtesy of John Cale, Laurie Anderson and David Byrne amongst others.
Indeed the whole movie is a blast.
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