I would call many movies today "pastiche" if they weren't such blatant vibe-ripoffs. A lot of filmmakers are mistaking good visuals and atmosphere for actual story.
Just watched it on a very good screen. Enjoyed it a lot. Not sure I’ve ever seen Heat. I thought the performances were v strong. (Altho people who meet a mysterious attractive stranger and then start whining about the person being mysterious mildly irritate me:)
"The 101 is one of those highways; it runs up and the coast"
Odd. CA 1 runs up and down California's coast; the 101 is mostly inland. There is a section - Oxnard/Ventura to Gaviota, either side of Santa Barbara - that runs along the coast. (Two more areas are near San Francisco and just south of the Oregon border.) But none of those three areas are sufficiently close to Los Angeles for a movie set in LA.
Yeah it’s very much an “LA Movie” but the big crimes happen largely out of the city. One is in Santa Barbara and I was like “wait that’s … a long way away, isn’t it?” (I am not a Californian but have some knowledge of the geography.) But the 101 is a big freeway I guess.
"the people who live there spend most of their time thinking about someplace else"
Yeah, mostly about getting off the damned jammed up freeways. A daily meditation on patience.
I would call many movies today "pastiche" if they weren't such blatant vibe-ripoffs. A lot of filmmakers are mistaking good visuals and atmosphere for actual story.
Just watched it on a very good screen. Enjoyed it a lot. Not sure I’ve ever seen Heat. I thought the performances were v strong. (Altho people who meet a mysterious attractive stranger and then start whining about the person being mysterious mildly irritate me:)
You should definitely watch HEAT!
Thanks as usual. Now Heat is on my must see again movie. Take care
Heat should be on everyone’s “to watch” list at all times!
"The 101 is one of those highways; it runs up and the coast"
Odd. CA 1 runs up and down California's coast; the 101 is mostly inland. There is a section - Oxnard/Ventura to Gaviota, either side of Santa Barbara - that runs along the coast. (Two more areas are near San Francisco and just south of the Oregon border.) But none of those three areas are sufficiently close to Los Angeles for a movie set in LA.
Yeah it’s very much an “LA Movie” but the big crimes happen largely out of the city. One is in Santa Barbara and I was like “wait that’s … a long way away, isn’t it?” (I am not a Californian but have some knowledge of the geography.) But the 101 is a big freeway I guess.
Santa Barbara is ~100 miles up the coast from LA.
Do you remember Tequila Sunrise? The great Robert Towne wrote and directed, stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, and Kurt Russell, et al.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096244/
Your review reminds me of bits and bobs of that movie. Especially the languorous shots of sunset and palm trees, etc.
Thanks for reminding me abt TS. LA girl for over 70 years