And exactly in the way Hollywood is a flawed masterpiece, so is Cassavetes' Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
Neither streamline their stories into irrelevance. They actually exist in the world the characters live in. In almost real time. And this is important because it is this dead time which allows us to invest in them beyond simple genre whaterverism.
Just because a film defies expectations of what a genre requires, does not make these things flaws. The flaw is expecting adherence to what we want.
Neither streamline their stories into irrelevance. They actually exist in the world the characters live in. In almost real time. And this is important because it is this dead time which allows us to invest in them beyond simple genre whaterverism.
Just because a film defies expectations of what a genre requires, does not make these things flaws. The flaw is expecting adherence to what we want.