February 25, 2004
young adam in hollywood reporter
Hollywood Reporter REALLY liked the movie.
"Classic Hollywood film noir speaks with a Scottish brogue in "Young Adam," an impressive second feature by David Mackenzie that takes its darkly existential cue from a forgotten novel by heroin-addicted Beat writer Alexander Trocchi.
"While Mackenzie, an award-winning short filmmaker, gets right to the murky heart of the genre, he also does extremely well by the efforts of his highly capable cast -- in particular, the truly dynamic duo of Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton..."
Hey, Young Adam also won "Un Certain Regard" at Cannes.
I'm enjoying pimping the movie, I have to say. Of course, it's made easier by the fact the critics and me both like the movie, and the director's a friend of mine.
I wonder what I'd do if they asked me to pimp some real piece-of-sh1t, mainstream-pandering-feelgood-crapass romantic comedy. Oy vey, that would bite.
That being said, they probably wouldn't. No point matching the wrong film with the wrong website audience etc.
Posted by hugh macleod at February 25, 2004 11:11 AM