Saturday, September 09, 2006

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Real-time exploration of the night of a man's death. Just as bleak and sad as that. This movie was marketed and sold as a comedy. It was not. Not even close. I felt perhaps there was some cultural humor that went over our heads... I sure hope so. Otherwise this is just a sad film. I felt connected to the story and interested to see how it turned out, which, given the title, seems a little dense, but I did start to care about him and wanted him to pull through. (spoiler alert: He doesn't.)

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