Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Zero Effect
Reed Andrus (randrus@home.com)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:37:43 -0700
Kevin Smith wrote:
>
> >Run, do not walk, to your nearest video store. Rent
THE ZERO EFFECT,
> >then settle back and watch a 90s PI who understands
the value of the
> >computer. And while you're at it, tell me who
Darryl Zero really is.
>
> Daryl Zero, of course, is really Sherlock Holmes. The
Zero Effect is a
> great movie, one of the funniest crime films in a long
while. It's literate
> and witty, and gosh, just everyone should go see it.
It's not really
> hardboiled, but anyone who ever enjoyed reading any
Sherlock Holmes stories
> will definitely be hearing echoes. Daryle Zero (Bill
Pullman) is the
> "world's most private eye," amateurish musician and
drug addict (sound
> familiar) and Ben Stiller is his frontman, Steve Arlo.
Steve meets the
> clients, does the legwork, narrates the film, and
generally acts as a sort
> of nineties' Watson. Really fun. And it was written by
the twentyish son of
> Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, Big Chill, etc.).
>
> And, um, that's who Daryl Zero really is. Do I win
anything, Reed?
>
>
**************************************************
> Kevin Smith
Nicely done. I'm working on the prize, but don't hold your
breath quite
yet. I wonder if the viewing came as such a wondrous shock to
me only
because I had seen no advance promos or reviews. Did the
early material
call out the Holmes connection? I only remember it being
touted as an
"offbeat detective thriller."
Anyway, we're in accord. What a great picture!
... Reed
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