Saw "The Thief" (Russian -
"Bop") last night. I dunno -- was allegedly an
award-winner, and all these eruditians stood about in the aisles
after it was over explaining to one another why they loved it
even though they didn't like it. I was into it for the first 45
min. or so, but then it became pedantic and formulaic,
derivative, etc. (Kept waiting for Anna Karenina to throw herself
in front of a black, frothy-aeried train.) I like pathos. Hell, I
like bathos. I can get 'into' a truly wretched display. But this
became self-serving and predictable. And ultimately you wondered,
"Why-O-Why?"
Did see two very intriguing trailers, though,
for "Henry Fool" and a film whose title is a curly rep.
of the 'pi' symbol, featuring Sean Gullette as Mad Max Cohen. a
mathematician seeking order through chaos via Wall Street and, of
all things, Kabbalah texts.
