It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Murder!?
- Title: Hollywoodland
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Hollywoodland isn’t quite what you’d expect. Much more an art house character study than a Hollywood thriller, it provides some genuinely funny and dramatic moments. Although Hollywood does raise its ugly head in places, for the the most part it’s a well acted and well financed small film that finds most of the right touches to provide an intriguing look at the life, and death, of the man who many saw only as Superman.
George Reeves (Ben Affleck) is dead, and private investigator Louis Simo (Adrien Brody) wants to know why. Sure he’s in it for the money and fame, but the more he becomes entangled in the web of lies and mysterious secrets, the more he needs to know the truth. Was it a suicide like the local police want everyone to think? Or was it murder?
The film follows two lives over the course of its two-hour running time. The first is the life and career of George Reeves. The second is the life of Simo which, in many ways, mirrors Reeves own in how it falls apart over the length of the film.
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In terms of filmmaking A Scanner Darkly is a huge success. In terms of an enjoyable summer flick…well, let’s just say it’s not something you want to go into without being prepared for. The film is based of Philip K Dick’s novel of the same name which is an otherworldly fictional semi-autobiographical tale about drug use and drug culture. Still with me? It’s an intense picture that at times is very slow and somewhat difficult to enjoy, but by the end what you are left with is an undeniably unique theater experience that you will either cherish or curse my name for recommending it to you.
