I loved the movie, especially Mandy Patinkin & James Spader's performances. Top notch. Great story, a bit enigamatic. I'm still trying to figure out the lessons beside the obvious ones: Gambling, playing out of your league, getting in over your head. Maybe how powerful (and leisurely) the wealthy can afford to be? Any thoughts???
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I loved this film.James Spader was fantastic in it.As for the meaning of the story ,well if you read the Paul Auster novel (which is excellent) it is a simple parable on the surface but it has deeper meaning.Nashe gets his inheritance and is enjoying his freedom in his car on the open road and continues to do so until the money runs low at which point he meets Jack Pozzi.
Nashe offers Jack a ride and in turn Jack offers Nashe an opportunity to buy more freedom (Money is Freedom) by gambling what limited resources he has left to make more money.In turn Jack's fate has changed completely the moment he gets into Nashe's car.The point being that you are never completely in control of life as other events occur beyond your control which can change your future.That's my take on it anyway.I didn't like the ending in the film because it's different in the novel but that's Hollywood for you.
I also noticed that Nashe's car was a Beamer instead of a Saab, It should have been a Saab like in the book.
I saw this movie on TV once and kept thinking, "Okay, there's got to be a twist here, there's no way this movie can just be these two guys building a stupid wall." And then the one guy gets the crap beat out of him and is hardly mentioned afterwards. Then, just as I was thinking, "Okay, here comes the surprise ending, the freaking movie ends. I've rarely been so pissed off about wasting hours of my life.
So I got on imdb and looked it up, thinking that someone would either explain this movie or at least commiserate with me about its pointlessness. I am shocked to find how many people actually liked it. What the hell was the point of this movie. Not only does the point escape me, I'm not even sure it could be said to have a plot in the normal sense. Someone please tell me why they think this movie is so great.
This is one of my favorite movies, right up there after Dr. Strangelove, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Little Shop of Horrors. I'm about to see it for the fourth time. If the virtues of this film are beyond you, check out the NYTimes review, Janet Maslan, from 1993 when it was first released. That says it all. Here's the URL:
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?the+music+of+chance
I agree. I thought it was such an unusual story, with a mounting feeling of unease as you wondered just what was going to happen - whether they would get away, whether Jack was dead or alive - which certainly kept me enthralled.
Also the slightly spooky element. Those little figures in that model town. Jack's feeling that removing one would have an unfortunate result and Jack's conviction that it was Jim's staying away from the table that caused Jack's change of luck.
The movie was unusually close to the book (except for the ending) and reading it after seeing the movie got me reading other books by Paul Auster.
same here, me and a friend were bored just flipping through channels and fell upon this right after the beginning credits ended so we had no idea what the title of the movie was. We watched it all in total silence then at the end looked at each other and went like "holy *beep* that was *beep* up". I had this big mounting feeling of uneasiness throughout the whole movie.
shareThis is the sort of movie that not a lot of people have heard of, but when they see it, it gets added to their Top 10 list. Somehow the director manages to infect the entire movie with an aura of expectation, kind of like the feeling in the air right before a thunderstorm breaks.
Great cinematography, superb acting.
I give you my word as an entertainment industry professional! The Little Dog Laughed
I agree with you ~ I think it is brilliant!
shareIf you don't want to read the whole NYT review, here's the highlights:
Based on Paul Auster’s book, The City of the World [the name of Stone’s model] … “It's the way I'd like the world to look," Stone says proudly. "Everything in it happens at once." … [the model] depicts criminals who, Stone explains, are happy to be punished for their transgressions.
Nashe and Pozzi are themselves meted out punishment and expected to endure it happily, …they come with $10,000, and are given 10,000 stones. …To emphasize the infantilizing aspect of this task, they are given a child's little red wagon for carrying blocks. And as they work on the project to Stone's exacting specifications, their progress is incorporated into his model city."
If you read the book you will understand the story better.
shareI loved the movie. Haven't read the book, but will have to now. For me, watching MOC was like constantly getting glimpses of a great and powerful meaning of what life is all about. At the end, it feels like I missed a greater meaning and if I'd just have concentrated a bit more, I would have understood a lot more. All the cast are excellent.
shareGreat movie. I need to read the book now.
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it's a bit like NCFOM. unsure why.
great films