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- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Counter Man
- (as Peter Scopia)
- Bartender
- (as William Gill)
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Only for a specific audience. For me, this is a very good movie but it's just my personal taste. Many people won't like it. These are unlikeable characters, i mean, Cassavetes' character seems almost unredeemable and Falk character did something that can't be excused. Furthermore, it seems reasonable to me for a moviegoer to not find anything interesting here. But if you are looking for something different, something real/raw/honest and you haven't heard of Cassavetes, maybe you will like it too.
Each scene is drawn out just that little bit too long. By the time we hit the 2nd act I was finding it hard to keep focused. It felt like the director was trying to string out a short into a feature. It's a pity because both leads gave excellent performances'. Cassavetes's character was getting incredibly annoying. I was rooting for him to get whacked after 45 minutes.
I don't using complain about production value of 70's films. It was a LOT tougher back then. Mickey & Nicky had a sizeable budget though, and it looked terrible.
There are much better Cassavetes films, such as "Gloria" & "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie".
I assume you have one of two reasons for reading this review. Either (a) you love the film and are looking for like-minded opinion; or (b) you stumbled upon it accidentally, in which case I shall put it as simple as possible: you gotta see it.
Mikey (John Cassavetes) sits in a shoebox hotel room, a price now on his head, scared stiff. In desperation he calls his gangster childhood pal Nicky (Peter Falk) to help him get out of town.
A synopsis doesn't cover the density of the film. Two fragile male egos rebound off each other as the leads recall just why they love and hate each other so much. I cannot think of a better casting move than coupling Cassavetes and Falk. Good friends in real life, and frequent collaborators, they bring an intimacy to the film rarely seen elsewhere.
Within the first half-hour it dawns on the audience that engrossing as the story is, the outcome is not the most important aspect. Director Elaine May draws strength from the honesty of the characters. Her handling is at once compassionate and even-handed. The result: the characters are likeable for all their flaws.
It resonates more and more every time you watch it, enough for me personally to consider it will be a major influence on anything I might have the chance to film in the future.
The passing of Cassavetes was heartbreaking, the casual neglect of his output just as much so. If you don't know much about the man who took Scorsese under his wing, take the time today to investigate. Elaine May went on to make ISHTAR. Sadly, she hasn't directed since.
MIKEY AND NICKY is one of the greatest American films ever made.
I'd wanted to see this for a long time. It's called some kind of misunderstood classic, lost work of genius, etc. I'm sad to say it's not. There's not really enough here for the running time and what is here is barely interesting. Lots of talking and improvising (despite what May says, I don't buy that this wasn't, in parts, largely improvised. There are too many nonsensical bits to be anything other than spur of the moment choices). Also, it's shockingly poorly edited, with loads of continuity errors, off camera dialogue to on camera closed mouths, poorly framed shots, out of focus inserts, freeze frames on details they forgot to cover, and even reused reactions. It's obvious that there was way too much film shot, no focus, and bad construction.
This is not some fabled hidden gem, but it's not a total waste. There are a couple of okay scenes and the bookend shots work nicely. Solid Meh.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesElaine May shot 1,400,000 feet of film for the production. A two-hour feature is just under 11,000 feet. This was nearly three times the amount of film that was shot for Autant en emporte le vent (1939).
- GaffesIn the hotel room when Nicky is on the bed moving, a crew member can be seen reflected in the mirror in a crouching position.
- Citations
Mikey: [they have just climbed over the wall of a cemetery] I'm exhausted really, Nick. This is foolish. Nick, please. It's just foolish.
Nicky: Foolish?
Mikey: Frankly, I think it's ridiculous.
Nicky: You didn't like my mother?
Mikey: I loved your mother. I thought she was a wonderful woman.
Nicky: Why is it ridiculous to visit her grave?
Mikey: Because it's one o'clock in the morning.
Nicky: That makes it nicer.
Mikey: It doesn't make it anything, Nick. A grave is a grave. There's not a religion in the world that says a person's soul is buried with them in their grave. It's not your mother in there.
Nicky: You don't believe in any of that stuff?
Mikey: No.
Nicky: You don't believe there's anything after you die?
Mikey: Er, me personally, no. I believe you die and that's it.
Nicky: That doesn't scare you? To think that one day'll you die. You'll be over. You won't be anything, you won't know anything. Be nothing.
Mikey: Look, Nick, if you wanna visit your mother, let's visit your mother because this conversation is stupid.
Nicky: It isn't stupid. It's interesting - if you're gonna die.
Mikey: Well, I'm not gonna die so I think it's stupid.
Nicky: Yeah, well you are some day.
Mikey: Look, Nick...
Nicky: You're gonna die some day.
Mikey: I'm not gonna stand here at one o'clock in the morning and discuss what's gonna happen to me when I die. I mean, that mishegoss I leave to the Catholics.
[he walks off]
Nicky: Aren't you gonna die some day? Aren't you gonna die some day? Aren't you gonna die some day? I just wanna know, are you gonna die some day?
- ConnexionsFeatured in The Making of Mikey and Nicky (2004)
- Bandes originalesGood Times Bad Times
Words and Music by John Strauss
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- How long is Mikey and Nicky?Alimenté par Alexa
Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Mikey and Nicky
- Lieux de tournage
- Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie, États-Unis(the Essex Hotel at 13th and Filbert Streets depicting the film's Hotel Royale)
- Société de production
- Voir plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 4 300 000 $US (estimé)