The idea behind The Final Cut is a facinating one. The question it poses is somewhat subtle: are your memories reality? While even the casual viewer will pick up on this subtextual storyline (although may not realize it), the overall story is a basic thriller.
From Netflix : "In this futuristic tale, chips inserted into the brain at birth record a person's entire life; when the person dies, the video is edited and shown at the funeral. Video editor Alan Hackman (Robin Williams) hacks out the worst of a person's life, depicting sinners as martyrs. Alan's turned into a cold megalomaniac, but things change when he finds his own scary childhood memory in the databank of a client. Mira Sorvino and Jim Caviezel also star."
Robin Williams really shines in this film giving an extremely subtle, well balanced, under-acted performance. His lines are kept to a minimal amount, most of his thoughts and emotions portrayed through his eyes. It's a rare performance extremely pleasurable to witness when films today suffer from excessive dialog. The Final Cut is truly a minimalist film.
The supporting cast is just as good the exception being Mira Sorvino. Unfortunately, her acting here is comparable to previous performances: giddy smiles of affection. Only in one instance does she give us a very strong performance.
Right now I'm sort of torn. I would have liked to have had more about what is memory, what is reality and what is our perception. But then I wonder if these questions had been more inclusive would it detract from the subtly I love about films like this?
Even though this is a slighty slow-paced film it's worth checking out. With the performances and questions raised the idea behindThe Final Cut are as interesting as the conversations viewers will have on the subject matter.
From Netflix : "In this futuristic tale, chips inserted into the brain at birth record a person's entire life; when the person dies, the video is edited and shown at the funeral. Video editor Alan Hackman (Robin Williams) hacks out the worst of a person's life, depicting sinners as martyrs. Alan's turned into a cold megalomaniac, but things change when he finds his own scary childhood memory in the databank of a client. Mira Sorvino and Jim Caviezel also star."
Robin Williams really shines in this film giving an extremely subtle, well balanced, under-acted performance. His lines are kept to a minimal amount, most of his thoughts and emotions portrayed through his eyes. It's a rare performance extremely pleasurable to witness when films today suffer from excessive dialog. The Final Cut is truly a minimalist film.
The supporting cast is just as good the exception being Mira Sorvino. Unfortunately, her acting here is comparable to previous performances: giddy smiles of affection. Only in one instance does she give us a very strong performance.
Right now I'm sort of torn. I would have liked to have had more about what is memory, what is reality and what is our perception. But then I wonder if these questions had been more inclusive would it detract from the subtly I love about films like this?
Even though this is a slighty slow-paced film it's worth checking out. With the performances and questions raised the idea behindThe Final Cut are as interesting as the conversations viewers will have on the subject matter.
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Watched this film a while back and while I agree it's a good film, I didn't really consider it a true sleeper. It is worth watching, though. Williams was great and his character was...twisted IMO. The most disturbing scene to me was his visit with Isabel. Knowing her secret and only caring about his own secret gave me a feeling of disgust. At that point I wasn't sure I could sympathize with his character any longer. The ending left me somewhat satisfied.
I think their discussion about the implant and it's effects on the people who later learned that they had it was enough - If you knew you had the implant would you live your life differently, and would it really be your life?
Watched this film a while back and while I agree it's a good film, I didn't really consider it a true sleeper. It is worth watching, though. Williams was great and his character was...twisted IMO. The most disturbing scene to me was his visit with Isabel. Knowing her secret and only caring about his own secret gave me a feeling of disgust. At that point I wasn't sure I could sympathize with his character any longer. The ending left me somewhat satisfied.
I think their discussion about the implant and it's effects on the people who later learned that they had it was enough - If you knew you had the implant would you live your life differently, and would it really be your life?
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Today I saw THE FINAL CUT on DVD.
Story was like a Michael Crichton's high tech thriller. Story was pretty good and thrilling. It reminded me of "Strange Days". On the other hand, I felt it disturb me. If somebody saw my memory after I died, I can't stay dead in six feet under. :eek:
After "Good Will Hunting", I've never seen comedic Robin Williams. Because of Academy award winning? Yes, he is good actor. But I wish he come back to comedy.
Story was like a Michael Crichton's high tech thriller. Story was pretty good and thrilling. It reminded me of "Strange Days". On the other hand, I felt it disturb me. If somebody saw my memory after I died, I can't stay dead in six feet under. :eek:
After "Good Will Hunting", I've never seen comedic Robin Williams. Because of Academy award winning? Yes, he is good actor. But I wish he come back to comedy.
Marc B. Wrote:The idea behind The Final Cut is a facinating one. The question it poses is somewhat subtle: are your memories reality?
I've got to see this! Frankly, I don't believe there's such a thing as reality. But I'm not REALLY sure. And as far as memories are concerned, well, what was I saying? :confused:
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