Review of Where's Marlowe? (1998) by Mike M — 14 Sep 2010
Very much a product of the postmodern 1990s, with a minor role for John Hawkes as a nerdy, Tarantino-like camera-store know-it-all, a monologue hymning Welles's use of lenses in "Citizen Kane", and a couple too many clever-clever, deconstructive pullbacks to the editing suite that, in the early stages at least, threaten to halt both momentum and the prevailing breezy, good-natured mood.
Still, Pyne - a screenwriter of some repute ("The Hard Way", the "Manchurian Candidate" redo) - has fun shuffling Boone's various cases, and obliging the characters to either play up to, or shy away from, the camera in a fashion that foresees the docusoaps and reality television of the decade that followed.
.. it shambles amiably and affectionately towards the conclusion the camera can only ever get in the way of real and lasting human connections.
This review of Where's Marlowe? (1998) was written by Mike M on 14 Sep 2010.
Where's Marlowe? has generally received mixed reviews.
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