First off, let me say I love this film. It might seem odd for a normal man of 30, when this film came out. But then, I like musicals, as well.
From reading the comments here and elsewhere, people seemed nonplussed as to how to categorized this film. What clued me in was the confusion it caused everybody.
This movie really is a mystery.
But the mystery isn't in the plot. It doesn't keep you guessing. Or the characters; they're played pretty straightforward. It's the genre. Every time you get comfortable with how it's being played, Rudolph switches it up.
Is it a film noir? Is it a comedy? Is it a love story? Uh, yes.
But that's the beauty of this film.
It keeps you guessing as to what it is.
And Rudolph would have been having a laugh for the past quarter century if more people could see this film for the brilliance it is.
Actually, if more people had seen it.
But now, he's waited so long for people to get it, that well . . .
From reading the comments here and elsewhere, people seemed nonplussed as to how to categorized this film. What clued me in was the confusion it caused everybody.
This movie really is a mystery.
But the mystery isn't in the plot. It doesn't keep you guessing. Or the characters; they're played pretty straightforward. It's the genre. Every time you get comfortable with how it's being played, Rudolph switches it up.
Is it a film noir? Is it a comedy? Is it a love story? Uh, yes.
But that's the beauty of this film.
It keeps you guessing as to what it is.
And Rudolph would have been having a laugh for the past quarter century if more people could see this film for the brilliance it is.
Actually, if more people had seen it.
But now, he's waited so long for people to get it, that well . . .