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> Lea Salonga in "Miss Saigon / Les Mis (Broadway production)"
> Anthony LaPaglia in "A View from the Bridge" (currently playing)
> Donna Murphy in "Passion"
> Glenn Close in "Sunset Boulevard"
> Jude Law in "Indescretions"
Subject: Banner year on Broadway
"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE": This has been a great year for Todd Haimes'
Roundabout Theater and a great year for Arthur Miller. Not only is
the
Signature Theater honoring the great man with one of its dramatic
retrospectives, but the Roundabout followed a fine off-Broadway production
of
Miller's "All My Sons" with this blistering and perhaps definitive
- at least
for now - version of his underrated "A View from the Bridge." It has
a
marvelously persuasive staging by Michael Mayer and a fine cast, flawlessly
led
by Anthony LaPaglia as Eddie Carbone, Miller's doomed longshoreman.
Subject: Review: PAPERBACK ROMANCE
From: berardin@bc.cybernex.net
(James Berardinelli)
The two leads, Australians Gia Carides and
Anthony LaPaglia, are
the film's most familiar faces. Carides has appeared in STRICTLY
BALLROOM (as Scott's original partner) and BAD COMPANY. LaPaglia,
despite his Australian birth, is best known for his performances as
tough Italian American characters, such as Mick in BULLETPROOF HEART
and
Barry Muldano in THE CLIENT. Together, these two generate a palpable
chemistry -- not surprising, since they're a real-life couple.
Of the
pair, Carides has the best screen presence, and her portrayal of Sophie
manages to find the right mix of playfulness and wistful yearning.
We
like her and root for her to find love, but we never pity her.
PAPERBACK ROMANCE: (Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney)
Directed by Ben Lewin
Thumbs Up - Siskel ("very odd picture; it's from Australia,
which
may explain why its comic sensibility seems so
odd; the film blends outlandish physical stunts
with sexual fantasies and some thoughts about
disabilities; what I like about the movie is
that it suggests that an important disability
is the inability to feel passion; PAPERBACK
ROMANCE has passion; it's a light, funny film,
and gets a marginal recommendation from me;
don't you want to see this Gia Carides in
another movie? - she's got a lot of talent and
she's playing smart")
Thumbs Up - Ebert ("I'm kind of on the fence on this one
because
even thought there's a lot of stuff that really
doesn't work - they're trying to muscle in plot
that isn't necessary - nevertheless the
characters are really engaging, I liked this
relationship; if it had only been just about the
characters and not so much about the slapstick;
there's a lot of original stuff in this movie")
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