Monday, October 10, 2005

HOW COME HE'S SO GOOD AT KILLING PEOPLE? I could describe the plot of A History of Violence in a sentence which would sound indistinguishable from any number of B-movies you've already seen and forgotten, but that would miss the point. I could tell you everything that happens in the movie and yet not spoil anything, because this is the classic case of a movie that's great not because of what it's about, but rather how it's about what it's about.

Still, I want to avoid all that by focusing on one detail that I found fascinating: William Hurt's performance, because it called upon him to do the world's worst (or best) Tony Kornheiser impression, and given the role he plays, it's just chilling. And hysterical. Worth seeing.

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