The Proposition - the Cave-man cometh and the Cave-man taketh away
Posted on October 14th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
The Proposition – John Hillcoat
A new genre – the reductionist film. Everything reduced to the essential. Intelligence, coherence, credible artistic purpose – out. Who needs ‘em? Real characters with credible motivation in purposeful action that engages? Forget it. Superfluous. Distil to the essential. Consistency in tone and authoritative direction? Too cliched. Obvious. Let’s stay elliptical. [...]
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