For us, this one comes top because it remains Anderson's most complete and most focused drama — there are cute asides and set - pieces, but here they all serve to enhance
the overall mood of the film.
Not exact matches
The trailer indicates that Ridley's
film is as much a work
of Impressionism about Hendrix's experience performing as part
of the 1960s London music scene as anything else - a sentiment backed up by the early reviews, with the Seattle Times» Moira Macdonald calling the movie «a
mood piece, not a biopic» in her
overall positive critique.
Though not the best
of Kitano's work (saving that distinction for Hana Bi, my pick for the best
overall film of the 1990s), it is a minor
mood masterpiece and one
of the best
films of the year.
Coming on the heels
of Vietnam and Watergate, the
film tapped the
overall dark
mood of the nation and did well at the box - office.
I did like Marco Beltrami's atmospheric score, and felt it really enhanced the moody design
of the
overall film (even if said
mood dragged on and on and on...).