Mark Sullivan (AnonymeInc@webtv.net)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:39:55 -0400 (EDT)
Okay, Bill, is there any hardboiled protagonist for whom you
wouldn't cast Tommy Lee Jones?
As for Keanu, I've always said he can do two things well, act
stoned or act confused; if he's really pushing his art, he
can do both at once. Which is why he was so good in Matrix,
he really looked like he didn't have a clue about what was
going on. He probably didn't, but it worked for that
role.
He was probably at his best in River's Edge, where he acts
both. It's a very hardboiled, and disturbing, tale based on
that true story about a stoner who killed his girlfriend,
then took his friends to see the body and it took several
days before anyone told. The movie also features a great
performance by Dennis Hopper, as an older guy who likes to
have these stoners hang out at his place, with him and his
inflatable girlfriend. He had killed his real girlfriend many
years before.
Mark
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