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Killing Them Softly (2012)
just getting started. you will see this dynamic duo, Pitt and Dominik, for many more films in the yrs to come
I must say today's Brad is a far cry from the Brad of Thelma and Louise. The guy has learned how to choose acting projects wisely. Perhaps that has come with having been in the producer's chair? He has been on fire lately with the likes of Bennett miller, Terrence Malick, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, the Coen Bros, Andrew Dominik, David Soderbergh and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
This is the second collaboration between brad Pitt and young newcomer writer-director Andrew Dominik. The first was the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fod, which i liked a great deal, so i have been eagerly waiting for this film. This was a grand output. The film's script, acting, cinematography, and score were cerebral and substantive.
The film is all dialogue, as Roger Ebert points out in his review. Dominik's adapted screenplay was witty yet extremely dark, capturing the ugliness of organized crime's underbelly. Although action scenes were scarce, they were stylishly done. The performances of Pitt, Gandalfini, and the accents of the film's duo of bumbling idiots stood out the most with me. Superb. The cinematography was riddled with goodies, from the introductory slow-motion shot to the pan-outs during the robbery, to the graphic killing scenes. The score was fresh and soulful... Johnny Cash oooohhh yeah. Finally and perhaps most importantly, the product was greater than the sum of its parts, I thought. There was cohesion throughout with all its elements. Great film. Almost saw it twice in the same day.