Home movies
Posted on Friday, May 9, 2008
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Recent DVD releases:
I’m Not There (R, 135 minutes ) Director Todd Haynes weaves together a daring and complex narrative of elusive American icon Bob Dylan — not a Dylan for Dummies but a kind of filmic Dylan song, allusive and evocative and purposefully, poetically ambiguous — by casting six actors, from 10-year-old Marcus Carl Franklin to Cate Blanchett, as different aspects of the man. DVD features include nine deleted scenes, audio commentary with Haynes, a making-of featurette, a gag reel, a Dylan filmography and discography, and audition tapes. Grade: 93
Over Her Dead Body (PG-13, 95 minutes ) Why did this go to theaters instead of going straight to DVD rental shelves ? Shouldn’t Eva Longoria Parker be seeking movie roles that make her seem like more than a TV star, not less than one ? In this second remake of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, the only deviation Parker makes from the self-centered caprice of her Desperate Housewives character is a strange coppery tint to her hair. The DVD includes wideand full-screen versions of the film. Grade: 62
2007 Academy Award Nominated Shorts (not rated, 190 minutes ) This collection includes live action and animated Oscar winners Le Mozart Des Pickpockets and Peter & the Wolf along with other shorts — ranging from funny to frightening — from Italy, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France and Canada. Grade: 90