While playing saxophone in a jazz club, Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is shot into the chest by a lunatic. He is submitted to a long surgery, where he loses one lung and has a problem in one hand. When the hospital releases him, he is depressed since he cannot play anymore, and does not want to have contact with any telephone caller. His ex-wife Hannah (Gina Gershon) visits him and invites Izzy to have dinner with her husband that is his friend, the producer Philip Kleinman (Mandy Patinkin), and the former actress and now director Catherine Moore (Vanessa Redgrave). During the dinner party, he learns that Philip and Catherine intend to remake "The Pandora Box" in Dublin. While walking back home, Izzy sees a dead man with a bullet into his forehead and a briefcase on the floor of the alley. He brings home and finds the name of the victim (Stanley Mar (Greg Johnson)), a telephone number in a napkin and a strange piece of rock inside the briefcase. Meanwhile, the waitress and wannabe actress Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino) discusses with her boss Pierre (Victor Argo) about the sad fate of Izzy Maurer. When she goes home, she buys a CD from the musician, and while listening to his songs, she receives a phone call from Izzy, asking to go to her place. She receives him and he asks who Stanley Mar is, and soon he shows the rock he found floating and glowing. She tells him that he was a client that invited her to a drink afterhours, and they immediately fall in love with each other. Celia is selected to play Lulu role in the remake and needs to fly to Dublin to shoot, while Izzy stores his belongings before meeting her. But something happens to him and he cannot meet his beloved Celia.
"Lulu on the Bridge" is a 1998 mysterious romance with a disappointing conclusion. Maybe influenced by David Lynch, the director and writer Paul Auster makes a great film that attracts the attention of the viewer, but he did not know how to end and spoils the whole movie with a senseless conclusion. Better of whether he finished the plot when Celia jumps into the river in Dublin and Izzy desperately looking for her. However, the way it is, there are many questions without answer. Mira Sorvino is very beautiful in the role of an aspirant actress and Harvey Keitel is an excellent actor. The names in the cast in supporting roles are amazing and this movie deserved a better conclusion. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Mistério de Lulu" ("The Mystery of Lulu")
"Lulu on the Bridge" is a 1998 mysterious romance with a disappointing conclusion. Maybe influenced by David Lynch, the director and writer Paul Auster makes a great film that attracts the attention of the viewer, but he did not know how to end and spoils the whole movie with a senseless conclusion. Better of whether he finished the plot when Celia jumps into the river in Dublin and Izzy desperately looking for her. However, the way it is, there are many questions without answer. Mira Sorvino is very beautiful in the role of an aspirant actress and Harvey Keitel is an excellent actor. The names in the cast in supporting roles are amazing and this movie deserved a better conclusion. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Mistério de Lulu" ("The Mystery of Lulu")