maelitael
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This is such an obscure film, but it was so powerful, I had to watch it a second time on the same night, just to be sure I didn't miss anything.
Alan Rickman is at his best in this film, essentially playing four characters: the ruthless interrogator, the sadistic torturer, the tortured witness, and the lost soul. Madeleine Stowe is as engaging as Rickman. Her strong-minded character put most of the modern, pop-culture action heroes to shame. This movie, at first, looks so simple, but it is one of the most complicated and layered films around.
As it has been stated, this movie could very easily have turned out to be a flop. The acting is some of the finest that can be seen from the last 20 or 25 years. This is so underrated, but I would not recommend it for everyone, least of all my generation (I'm only 17. Not many people my age would like or even understand "Closet Land."). In the movie age of special effects, explosions, explicit sex, and all-too-often pretty faces with poor acting and dialogue, "Closet Land" is one of the best films I've seen.
Alan Rickman is at his best in this film, essentially playing four characters: the ruthless interrogator, the sadistic torturer, the tortured witness, and the lost soul. Madeleine Stowe is as engaging as Rickman. Her strong-minded character put most of the modern, pop-culture action heroes to shame. This movie, at first, looks so simple, but it is one of the most complicated and layered films around.
As it has been stated, this movie could very easily have turned out to be a flop. The acting is some of the finest that can be seen from the last 20 or 25 years. This is so underrated, but I would not recommend it for everyone, least of all my generation (I'm only 17. Not many people my age would like or even understand "Closet Land."). In the movie age of special effects, explosions, explicit sex, and all-too-often pretty faces with poor acting and dialogue, "Closet Land" is one of the best films I've seen.
Hilarious doesn't begin to describe this. He is most-often quoted in my family, especially his flag bit. I've actually quoted him in school papers (his views on guns in America are hilarious, but disturbingly true. "The NRA says guns don't kill people, people do. But I think the gun helps.") I have "Glorious," and "Dressed to Kill" should be arriving special order any day.
He pokes fun at Germany during the World Wars, but in a tasteful manner. As he says in "Glorious," he's not into the big laugh death jokes. His summary of the rise and fall of the German empire makes the WWI and II seem more ridiculous than they were before.
The only problem I see with Eddie Izzard is that people would be turned off by him because he's a transvestite. ( un travestie executif!) Don't be. The make-up is a big part of his miming. It really makes his exaggerated expressions come out.
I have to put this routine above "Bill Cosby, Himself" and (yes) "Emo Phillips at the Hasty Pudding Theater." 10 flags out of 10!
He pokes fun at Germany during the World Wars, but in a tasteful manner. As he says in "Glorious," he's not into the big laugh death jokes. His summary of the rise and fall of the German empire makes the WWI and II seem more ridiculous than they were before.
The only problem I see with Eddie Izzard is that people would be turned off by him because he's a transvestite. ( un travestie executif!) Don't be. The make-up is a big part of his miming. It really makes his exaggerated expressions come out.
I have to put this routine above "Bill Cosby, Himself" and (yes) "Emo Phillips at the Hasty Pudding Theater." 10 flags out of 10!