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 Barnes & Noble If you think it would be a challenge to squeeze a movies worth of drama from one room and three people, take a gander at Tape,, one of the year’s most intriguing and absorbing independent films. The setting is simple and the cast small, but there’s no end of unresolved conflicts to be dealt with in two brief hours. Ethan Hawke plays Vince, a low-level drug dealer who uses his part-time job as a volunteer firefighter to convince himself that he hasn’t wasted his life. Ten years after graduating high school, he’s reunited with John (Robert Sean Leonard), an independent filmmaker and unregenerate poseur who just might have raped their fellow classmate, Amy (Uma Thurman), for whom Vince has carried a torch lo these many years. She joins the men in the hotel room, which becomes the scene of some startling revelations. Sharp dialogue, peripatetic camera work, and keen performances make Tape the edgiest movie directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), whose previous films haven’t been nearly as disturbing or emotionally complex as this one. Tape’s claustrophobic setting contributes to the suspense; the three characters reveal themselves a little at a time, and suspense mounts like steam building up in a pressure cooker. This is lean, muscular filmmaking, stripped almost to the bone and packing a real wallop. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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