In forward-looking, decidedly random tidbits, the dirty little secret of Adam Sandler’s Click is that — despite a protracted sequence in which he passes gas in David
“Big in Germany” Hasselhoff’s face — it’s actually a much more
willfully poignant film than Sony’s marketing is letting on. Again,
filmgoer satisfaction surveys and second week numbers will be of great
interest here… Fans of Richard Linklater and independent-minded cinema in general, meanwhile, have a lot to look forward to with A Scanner Darkly, opening in early to mid-July. It’s a film that certainly could have
been made in normal narrative fashion, but the rotoscoping animation
first on wide display in Waking Life lends the picture a
slurry, seductive charm, particularly in its “scramble suit”
application… I was less wowed, however, by Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep,
which has a great general conceit and handcrafted production design,
but a mortally wounded sense of storytelling, even within its own dream
logic… Today, I’m enjoying fresh pineapple, courtesy of a corer and
noggin-sized Del Monte pineapple that arrived with a review copy of the
new straight-to-video Lilo & Stitch sequel, Leroy & Stitch. Unlike most things in life, said slicer actually works… I’ll also be
catching some films at the forthcoming Los Angeles Film Festival —
which kicks off in Westwood this week with a screening of The Devil Wears Prada — and hopefully filing a few morsels and opinions from there. ’Til next time…
