Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Smoke (1994)

How can you make a movie with engrossing characters, with independent arcs and substantial development... without actually having a story? Try to tell anyone what Smoke is about, and you'll summarise the first scene - its about some people who frequent a cigar store. Its not about achieving something, getting somewhere or winning - its about people. And its absolutely amazing. 

Everything in the film feels the opposite of what a film should be. The characters are natural, the settings are real and the dialogue flows very comfortably and as it could in reality. To put it simply, this is just plain amazing.

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