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Jamie Gertz' (Gertzs'? Gertzes?) right ear is the most hideously deformed thing I've ever seen. It's bizarre and scabby and only clearly visible in a single shot, sort of like Val Kilmer's elbow in Heat. Frightening.
What I find interesting about this movie is how Robert Downey Jr. is obviously an acting powerhouse to be reckoned with, but it's a very unpolished performance. Sort of like watching Edgar Wright's A Fistful of Fingers, you simultaneously get the feeling that A) this guy is super-talented, B) this guy hasn't begun to peak yet, and C) I didn't think of a third thing. On the other hand, I imagine Robert Downey Jr. was ALREADY a drug addict of some sort while this was filming, so that helps.
The movie is also annoying sort of thing where anything that seems silly or stupid can be defended as a choice to heighten or distort or generally alter reality in some way. But the David Lee Roth song sex scene is super silly and dumb, no matter how you look at it, right? And to be clear, the ending IS a homage/rip-off of Midnight Cowboy, right? I'm very insecure about this because the movie seems SO surface and SO obvious that I feel there may be some kind of subversive subtext that I completely missed.
Finally, Jamie Gertz' (Gertzs'? Gertzes?) face never emotes above her nose. It's actually kind of a funny thing to look out for.
Jamie Gertz' (Gertzs'? Gertzes?) right ear is the most hideously deformed thing I've ever seen. It's bizarre and scabby and only clearly visible in a single shot, sort of like Val Kilmer's elbow in Heat. Frightening.
What I find interesting about this movie is how Robert Downey Jr. is obviously an acting powerhouse to be reckoned with, but it's a very unpolished performance. Sort of like watching Edgar Wright's A Fistful of Fingers, you simultaneously get the feeling that A) this guy is super-talented, B) this guy hasn't begun to peak yet, and C) I didn't think of a third thing. On the other hand, I imagine Robert Downey Jr. was ALREADY a drug addict of some sort while this was filming, so that helps.
The movie is also annoying sort of thing where anything that seems silly or stupid can be defended as a choice to heighten or distort or generally alter reality in some way. But the David Lee Roth song sex scene is super silly and dumb, no matter how you look at it, right? And to be clear, the ending IS a homage/rip-off of Midnight Cowboy, right? I'm very insecure about this because the movie seems SO surface and SO obvious that I feel there may be some kind of subversive subtext that I completely missed.
Finally, Jamie Gertz' (Gertzs'? Gertzes?) face never emotes above her nose. It's actually kind of a funny thing to look out for.
