Sunday, 21 March 2021

Election (1999 Alexander Payne & co-scr)

 ..with Jim Taylor. A very inventive film. In its multiple points of view voiceovers it reminded me of a Mankiewicz (A Letter to Three Wives or something), it has some very interesting editing by Kevin Tent (dissolves, going in to rapid cutting), a very quirky and distinctive score, which has a spaghetti western edge, and wacky ideas ("In fact, don't vote at all!")

Payne's good. The planting of that bin-missed rubbish is brilliant.

With Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein (his prayer on behalf of his sister is so sweet), Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll, Colleen Camp.

Photographed in Panavision by James Glennon.




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