"Only Lovers Left Alive" Premiere - 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
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Guest Portrait Studio: Day 2
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'Only Lovers Left Alive' Portraits in Toronto
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Only Lovers Left Alive Review
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Where most will perhaps derive the greatest amount of enjoyment from the film though is in its deadpan humor and dry wit. Swinton takes on most of the comedic duties and her delivery is done with aplomb. She truly does a remarkable job here in the role of Eve. Hiddleston is excellent as well. The two craft a charming chemistry that lends an authenticity to their relationship which really makes you feel like they have a strong level of comfort with one another. Their droll performances are sure to stick out in voters’ minds come awards season and the two actors carry the film wonderfully.
The supporting cast is uniformly fantastic too, with an especially funny turn from Jeffrey Wright and a much needed kickstart from the wild and wacky Mia Wasikowska, who gives the film a bit of energy as it heads into its third act.
Poetic, funny, easy on the eyes and featuring several great performances, Only Lovers Left Alive is a commendable effort from the sometimes iffy director. It doesn’t get everything right, but it does succeed on numerous counts and I think I can safely say that with Only Lovers Left Alive, the director has made what’s become a tired and recycled subgenre, interesting again. And that is a huge win in and of itself.
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Indie trailblazer Jim Jarmusch’s wry Only Lovers Left Alive is the writer/director’s foray into the realm of the undead, and comes across like Twilight for hip adults. It’s largely uneventful narrative will undoubtedly divide audiences– but if you like Jarmusch, you’re bound to enjoy this.
While some may find the lack of explanation frustrating, for others it will enhance the intriguing nature of the characters and their relationship. This may be one for Jarmusch fans only. (3顆星/滿分5顆星)
Toronto 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive Review
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A lot of the elements of the best Jarmusch movies are present in Only Lovers Left Alive. Dry twee humor, interesting camera work, and strong locations (although the fact that the cities can only been shown at night, because the characters are vampires, doesn’t make the cities as memorably as previously featured cities in Jarmusch movies) are all accounted for, and these aspects are enough to make Only Lovers Left Alive a decent film. The nagging feeling though the Jarmusch is abusing the vampire genre to go off on the things in humanity that bother him squarely place the film in the back half of Mr. Jarmusch’s oeuvre. (3顆星/滿分5顆星)
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