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 Afterglow (DVD)
 Afterglow (DVD) ... released 14 October, 2003 at Columbia TriStar / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen / Alan Rudolph's dry comedy of sad characters, Afterglow, touted for its Oscar-nominated performance by Julie Christie, is a solid entry for fans of Rudolph's Choose Me and Love at Large. First we meet the amorous Mr Fix-it, aptly named Lucky Mann (Nick Nolte). Lucky is a big teddy bear who finds joy in construction and womanising. This arrangement seems to be fine with his longtime wife Phyllis (Christie), an ex-B-movie actress who acts as if much of her life is still a bad movie. Lucky's latest client is a young housewife (Lara Flynn Boyle) who also has a muddle of a marriage: Marianne swoons for Lucky's attention, because her husband, Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller), has energy for his high-rise business career but little else. Soon Jeffrey espies sad and stunning Phyllis and is on the prowl, unaware that she is Lucky's wife. Many filmmakers have made statements about the rarity of monogamy but Rudolph is one of the few who finds so much strength in fooling around. He has deep, long answers to why his characters are the way there are, and this leads to scenes that actors relish, even if they don't ring true. Certainly Christie has not had a part this juicy in years, and Nolte, warm and energetic, simply shines. Miller, usually the young ruffian in films such as Trainspotting, gives an intriguing slant to a stuffed shirt. Rudolph has never reached the complexity or the mastery of his mentor Robert Altman, but he has created his own niche: the comedy of characters usually found in urban dramas. There are laughs in this movie that you simply won't find in the typical Hollywood comedy. Like Altman, he proves that being an independent voice is not about the methods of filmmaking, it's about talent. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.comNewest Review: ... movie was average. I did nothing for me. Everything was average. The actors were average. The acting was average. The story ... more ... line was average. The jokes were average. The setting was average. The opening was average. The middle was average. The ending was average. I even bet that the sandwiches on the set that the cast and crew had for lunch were also average. I suppose that this movie will be watched by average people in their average cinemas. So see this movie if you want but be warned its nothing more than average.
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Afterglow [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import][NTSC]
Alan Rudolph's dry comedy of sad characters, Afterglow, touted fo ... Last Update 23.11.2009 05:46
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by - written on 08/07/01
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Afterglow is the return of Julie Christie - Advantages: Elegant and actors - Disadvantages: Nothing
by - written on 24/04/01
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This movie was average. I did nothing for me. Everything was average. The actors were average. The acting was average. The story line was average. The jokes were average. The setting was average. The opening was average. The middle was average. The ending was average. I even bet that the sandwiches on the set that the cast and crew had for lunch were also average. I suppose that this movie will be watched by average people in their average cinemas. So see this movie if you want but be warned its nothing more than average. ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/04/01
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Afterglow is Written and Directed by Alan Rudolph. Starring Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller. Rated 18. AFTERGLOW is the sort of film we don't see enough of these days. It doesn't even aspire to *be* very much - just a few fleeting moments in the lives of two frustrated couples who cross paths. Director Alan (MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE) Rudolph sets out to observe these people, their habits, their hang-ups and their desires. He allows his actors room to stretch out and breathe, to simply exist in their environment, which in this case happens to be the well kept apartments of upper middle class Montreal. ... Read the complete review
The redemption game (330 words)
by - written on 16/07/00 (Very useful, 7 readings)
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Alan Rudolph is one these directors who either creates masterpieces or total stinkers. Afterglow is definitely in the former category. The movie follows the intervening lives of two couples: Lucky (Nick Nolte, excellent as always) and Phyllis (Julie Christie in a performance of a lifetime) are a tired middle aged ‘fix- it’ man and a faded B-movies starlet, while Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle perfectly combining naiveté with fake sophistication) and Jeffrey Byron III (Jonny Lee Miller as his usual aloof self) are a couple of young yuppies in a rapidly failing relationship. Lucky spends his days attending to broken utilities and servicing bored housewives, while ... Read the complete review
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