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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of a kind!, November 15, 1999
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Incredible story.Terrific cast (Johnny Depp,Faye Dunaway,Lili Taylor,Vincent Gallo and Jerry Lewis).Beautiful cinematography. Ethereal soundtrack by Goran Bregovic. Cinema with a capital C, at its best. Emir Kusturica and his unique style strike again with this amazing story of a young boy (Johnny Depp) "kidnapped" from NY by his cousin (Vincent Gallo) and taken to Arizona to be the best man at his uncle's wedding. Kusturika gives us, in this tragi-comedy, an interpretation of the meaning of life through the eyes of a young man in his early twenties. Kusturika himself said:"...This movie is about a young man who wanders into what is actually a hell that exists between two women, because of the tragedy in their lives...It could be that this movie is my reaction on how I see Western civilization. It comes from a kind of philosophy I've established after 35 years of living on this planet. I believe that human beings belong to nature not to civilisation. And I see man as being like a fish passing through a huge city. the fish doesn't understand anything about the city, he's just floating through it. What I'm trying to do, always, is to get people wondering." Well Mr Kusturika, Congratulations! you have succeeded! A must see, a must ownn! My favorite since it came out in France in the winter 1993. Let me know if you ever run in the States into an European copy of Arizona Dream. The movie has lost 4-5 incredible scenes(about 3-5 minutes each)on its way to the States.Why? WHY?
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE, December 24, 2005
This review is from: Arizona Dream (DVD)
I have two favourite movies and one of them is "Arizona Dream". I can watch it endlessly and very often. You know sometimes you got the mood when you just want to sit and watch something old, something you've seen many times, something very dear and familiar. "Arizona Dream" works for me at those occasions. Actually I don't like Emir Kusturica and his other works. Paradox, but I adore "Arizona Dream". It's the movie which seem to absorb all the wisdom of the world and at the same time all its contradictory. In a few words I can tell about the plot that the film is about our dreams. That we all pursue them and doing that we don't notice people around who also have their dreams. And very often our desires obstruct other men's desires. And we can never be happy. I know, maybe it sounds silly but it's not.
I can't say what happened to Kusturica in this feature but all 140 minutes of the film are flying very fast and you wish it was endless. Johnny Depp is very different, Vincent Gallo is ingenious as always (just watch his "North by Northwest" remake scene), Jerry Lewis is hilarious, Faye Dunaway and Lili Taylor make a perfect duo.
"Arizona Dream" is a kind of a movie every time you watch it you find something new, you discover new hidden meanings and layers. You won't get bored with it for sure. If you don't believe me - check imdb ratings. They are quite good and I'm sure none of those who voted loves this film as I do. If there was an ultimate movie for me to recommend for everyone - it'd be "Arizona Dream" without any doubt. I understand it's not a commercial project but still it's a shame such a brilliant picture is still not out on region 1 DVD.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, funny, and dark, June 26, 2001
Has been one of my all-time favorite movies since first seeing a showing of the original version (terrible that that isn't available). I still watch the this version about once a year and still notice some new metaphor or motif every time. Some very dark humor here -- Lili Taylor attempting to hang herself with a pair of panty hose is hilarious. Taylor and Depp are wonderful throughout. Seems to me like this was an unusual role for Depp -- he plays a rather average sort of fellow, who finds himself among some real eccentrics. While others may feel that those eccentricities are a bit over the top, in some ways this made them all the more believable to me. Too bad the soundtrack isn't available -- it includes an Iggy Pop song that I'd really like to have.
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