Saturday, March 18, 2006

Nice bit of humor in the last line of Jim Hoberman's review of trash cinema of the week, V for Vendetta:
This hero not only has no name but also no actual personality. (Why hire Weaving? The role could have been played by a computer program.) At a key moment in V for Vendetta, the Negri-Hardt multitude—mysteriously networked and absurdly masked like their faceless non-leader—takes to the streets and waits expectantly. Their patience is rewarded by a superbly irresponsible finale that conflates the "1812 Overture," the Rolling Stones, Malcolm X, and Gloria Steinem. Absorbing even in its incoherence,V for Vendetta manages to make an old popular mythology new. Impossible not to break into a grin: It's the thought that counts.
It's the thought that counts. I'm not even sure Hoberman gets his own joke.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comment moderation is enabled.