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Funny. Uxo, I took a look at your profile and found what you define as your motto: "it is GOOD THAT MUCH IS MISSING." I like it. However, your whole discourse regarding the film relies precisely on the critique of its alleged "lacks." Which, in my opinion, are instead its identity, the thread unspooled throughout the film and, if you will, its "meaning." That said, I hope you won't react as if personally attacked, like with Fusillo. These are just different points of view from yours and, it seems to me, expressed respectfully. Regards.

Well, while I was watching it, it irritated me; when it was over, I felt sorry. It's a good movie, (3.5) better than some of his other works (I've seen all of them, I believe, always in the cinema and as soon as they came out, starting from Permanent Vacation). The review, and also some of the reviewer’s posts (I haven't read the entire diatribe), seem to want to attribute intentions and "purposes" to the film in order to organize a discourse on the supposed deficits regarding those. It strikes me as a silly process. And in particular, the remark "Too many underdeveloped characters": is there an absolute obligation to develop characters? But a similar question can be directed at other statements that support the review's structure. I believe, after a quick read, that I can endorse every word of Fusillo (and there aren’t few :)) - I’ll leave my interpretative key to the whole "poetics" of J.J., borrowed from a song by a band he was part of in the '80s, the The Del Byzantines. I think it can be adapted to his best works. It goes something like this: "If I only have one life let me live it as a lie."

Leonid, I would beat her with that stick for a long time (no, the alternatives that come to your mind are out of the question, with that one) - Jim, does your wife read these comments too?

I wasn't wrong. The ad was for the Opel Tigra, the track "Buried At Sea." The car drove into a puddle, and the piece was perfect for the scene. - I don't remember the one for Levis...

Maybe mien_mo_man remembers the ad for a car that "emerged" from the asphalt: I think there was a piece from "One Step Ahead.." But I might be mistaken; it happens to me often with these ads.

Yes, it was a bit of a surprise to find him in this guise. But, as far as I remember, the album as a whole doesn't surpass the score you rightly assigned it. I even liked the super flashy cover (but his live image, many years later, with a little belly stuffed into a tight, silver zip-up jumpsuit, is indelibly etched in my mind :))

The claim that Coldplay copies Radiohead seems to me an assertion without any foundation. Whether one appreciates them or not (I find their debut excellent), one cannot deny them a distinct sound identity and, above all, a songwriting ability that draws from a much broader and established tradition, certainly not tied to RH. Even if they now seem prematurely arrived at the exhaustion of their resources. - I have read, even on DeB, rather contrasting opinions about these pseudo-athletic clones: there are three reviews of this album! Among all the comments I’ve read, I’d like to highlight one from a user I appreciated greatly and found very reliable, one of the many who have disappeared from Debaser: “I would say they are aiming too much for the 'Coldplay' target, with the aggravating factor that they hit it only a few times. The album is one of those you put on when you have something to do and don’t want to be distracted by special chords or surprise 'bridges.' One of those CDs that doesn’t annoy you. You do your things, it goes on. Then in the end, when you return to hear the neighbor hammering against the wall (another picture?!?!), you realize that the CD is over and you don’t even know how many tracks you’ve heard. They may be athletic, but they don’t have breath. Worth listening to again.” - A kiss to Pacino, wherever he may be.

I really liked the next one as well, "One Step Ahead of the Spider" from '94: I listened to it again just a few evenings ago and was wondering what happened to it. Great find, Ghemison.

Well, obviously it's Martyn and not Martin...

Coolemaster, type Martin's name in the top bar, select the artist option, and find reviews for two albums (including Inside Out). The review for Solid Air is missing: you can always take care of that yourself :)