DVD Review: Julia: Tilda Swinton, Erick Zonca: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Julia: Tilda Swinton, Erick Zonca: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 19 August, 07:51 AM

Product Description
Julia, 40, is an alcoholic. Between shots of vodka and one-night stands, Julia gets by on nickel-and-dime jobs. Increasingly lonely, her alcohol-induced confusion reinforces her sense that life has dealt her a losing hand and she convinces herself as much in panic and despair as for financial gain to commit a violent crime.

Tilda Swinton’s career best -so far,

By Christopher Enzi (San Francisco) -

Wow. This is a dazzling performance in an unusual, disturbing and unforgettable film. I was fortunate to see this at a brief theatrical run in San Francisco. I haven’t seen the disc but I’ll update this review when I do.
Usually, I get the feeling that Ms. Swinton says “I’ll do anything!” but that the people who make her films think she’ll do EVERYTHING and show up without the ideas, structure or stamina to support her wild excursions into darkness and beyond. This film gives her a meaty role in a difficult story and gives it room to grow. The film is kind of a long shaggy dog story, rather like John Cassavetes directing a Sam Peckinpah film.
This JULIA is a nasty, promiscuous, unemployable black out alcoholic who ends up talked into a kidnapping scheme by the crazy unfit mother who lives in her building. If you think this might be your sort of film, be aware- she doesn’t become a saint- or even much nicer- over the playing time. When most American films would be wrapping up, JULIA explodes into a new location, country, style and multiplies in ferocity and violence. Instead of softening into redemption, our heroine meets characters even nastier than she is and is forced to up the stakes.
This is the best female performance I’ve seen since Mimi Rogers in THE RAPTURE. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I can’t wait to see it again.
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