Masterful Movie

disgusting, overrated, pointless

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This film is two movies, its scenes including Catherine Keener, and its scenes excluding her. The link is the iguana, now a symbol of Eisenstein's dialectical idealism montage theory of cinematic art, indicating Keener's pseudo-intellectual influence on this cinematic production. Soviet Cinematographer Sergei Eisenstein responded to the Soviets' perverting Hegel's "phenomenology of mind" into what they called dialectical materialism by calling his Zen koan approach to cinema dialectical idealism. And, since then, emulating his use of discordant montage has been a right of passage for cinematographers and directors. But Keener's dialectic detracts from the iguana's. HITRT

Director Tom DiCillo who also created another classic flick, Living in Oblivion 1995 has created another gem in Johnny Suede.Starring Brad Pitt who has also been in other classic flicks, Inglourious Basterds 2009, Snatch 2000, Se7en 1995, True Romance 1993 and Kalifornia 1993.Also starring Catherine Keener who was also in Tom DiCillo's classic flick, Living in Oblivion.Also starring musician Nick Cave who has also been in another classic flick, Ghosts of the Civil Dead 1988 and also wrote the classic flick, The Proposition 2005.Also starring Samuel L. Jackson who has also been in other classic flicks, Snakes on a Plane 2006, Deep Blue Sea 1999, One Eight Seven 1997, Pulp Fiction 1994, True Romance 1993, Jurassic Park 1993, Menance II Society 1993, Jungle Fever 1991, Goodfellas 1990, The Exorcist III 1990, The Exterminator 1980, Iron Man 2008 and was the narrator in Inglorious Basterds also with Brad Pitt.I enjoyed the music scenes and the atmosphere of the flick.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic music themed flicks, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970, SLC Punk! 1998, The Underground 1997, Control 2007, The Runaways 2010, Whiplash 2014, School of Rock 2003 and Georgia 1995.

There is something about this movie that is enjoyable and from time to time a movie such as Johnny Suede can be more appealing than a smash hit at the box office.Movies that depict a certain character and their surroundings I find very appealing and even if there isn't much of a story you can still appreciate the idea of the director.Just like a number of other movies Johnny Suede is known for it's characters before they were famous - Brad Pitt, Samuel L Jackson and Catherine Keener. Brad Pitt delivered a great performance as a young and inspiring musician. Calvin Levels as Deke and Nick Cave added to Brad Pitt's character as people he met along the way in his journey and of course the girls he dated played by Catherine Keener and Alison Moir.Toward's the end of the movie you will be wondering where this is all heading and during the end credits you will probably still be wondering the same, but I guess that can only be answered by the director.Anyway, Johhny Suede I found enjoyable based on the story being unique and one of it's kind.

Firstly can I just say that the acting in this film is dire, even Keener and Pitt act like planks of wood on screen. There is no feeling between the characters and they have a habit of standing completely still on the spot and it just looks uncomfortable. The synopsis is misleading as there isn't much music in the film but there is a startling cameo from Nick Cave, obviously under the influence whilst filming! There is even a parody of a Cave song, that Pitt sings later in the film. The original stage performance of this must have been a sight! A very thin looking Samuel L Jackson has a small role as a double bass player named 'Be Bop' who later goes to work on a cruise ship - his 2 minutes are priceless. The film is dotted with David Lynch inspired dream sequences which include windows smashing, naked men at bars and copious bleeding. The film even opens with a suitcase falling on a telephone box, opening to reveal a pair of suede shoes. Seeing really is believing, go and watch this film!