The Limey: Crash Course Film Criticism #10
Steven Soderbergh is known as much for his Oscar winning tense dramas as he is retiring... then not retiring. He was a part of the indy revolution in the 1980s and 90s that helped usher in...
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Some films tell intricate stories filled with twists — like the search for truth in All the President’s Men the dark tangents of Mulholland Drive, , or the trippy lunacy of Being John Malkovich. Other times, the story is very simple, while the telling is remarkably complex. Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 film The Limey is one of those movies. By using unusual or even experimental techniques, filmmakers can draw out the themes of a film and challenge viewers to look at cinema in a whole new way. From its scrambled timeline to its occasionally avant garde editing style, The Limey takes a familiar plot and layers it with deeper meaning. This film shows how movies, more than any other medium, can mirror the ways our minds work and how memories unfold. I'm M...
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Some films tell intricate stories filled with twists — like the search for truth in All the President’s Men the dark tangents of Mulholland Drive, , or the trippy lunacy of Being John Malkovich. Other times, the story is very simple, while the telling is remarkably complex. Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 film The Limey is one of those movies. By using unusual or even experimental techniques, filmmakers can draw out the themes of a film and challenge viewers to look at cinema in a whole new way. From its scrambled timeline to its occasionally avant garde editing style, The Limey takes a familiar plot and layers it with deeper meaning. This film shows how movies, more than any other medium, can mirror the ways our minds work and how memories unfold. I'm M...
