Auto Focus (2002)
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 105m
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Michael McKean
Synopsis:
TV star Bob Crane is an honest Joe family man with a penchant for nudie magazines until he meets John Carpenter, a sound and vision salesman who introduces him to the latest video technology and uses his good looks to procure sexual partners for himself.
Review:
Sobering, humorous and moving portrait of a celebrity's downfall through unfamiliar means; its quality stems from this variation in tone, the remarkably risky but note-perfect performances of its stars and Schrader's subtle visual technique (the last ten minutes or so shot in a grainy style at odds with the colourful palette of the rest of the movie).
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 105m
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Michael McKean
Synopsis:
TV star Bob Crane is an honest Joe family man with a penchant for nudie magazines until he meets John Carpenter, a sound and vision salesman who introduces him to the latest video technology and uses his good looks to procure sexual partners for himself.
Review:
Sobering, humorous and moving portrait of a celebrity's downfall through unfamiliar means; its quality stems from this variation in tone, the remarkably risky but note-perfect performances of its stars and Schrader's subtle visual technique (the last ten minutes or so shot in a grainy style at odds with the colourful palette of the rest of the movie).
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 105m
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Michael McKean
Synopsis:
TV star Bob Crane is an honest Joe family man with a penchant for nudie magazines until he meets John Carpenter, a sound and vision salesman who introduces him to the latest video technology and uses his good looks to procure sexual partners for himself.
Review:
Sobering, humorous and moving portrait of a celebrity's downfall through unfamiliar means; its quality stems from this variation in tone, the remarkably risky but note-perfect performances of its stars and Schrader's subtle visual technique (the last ten minutes or so shot in a grainy style at odds with the colourful palette of the rest of the movie).