tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post5875123635809169716..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Film Review: HOMICIDE (1991, David Mamet)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-34053488634847721382010-01-28T12:29:13.490-05:002010-01-28T12:29:13.490-05:00I had rented this years ago on VHS, and hoped that...I had rented this years ago on VHS, and hoped that it would hold up-(I had previously seen the Rhames/Mantegna nighttime scene in murky full-frame, covered with tracking lines.)- clearly seeing it in the sparkling Criterion format only raised it in my esteem. Really one of Mamet's best.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-27695113547845540832010-01-25T16:24:50.871-05:002010-01-25T16:24:50.871-05:00Macy is always at his best on a Mamet film. Only P...Macy is always at his best on a Mamet film. Only Paul Thomas Anderson seems to get as great a performance out of the guy.<br /><br />HOMICIDE is certainly an underappreciated gem from Mamet's career but watching the Criterion edition recently allowed me to rediscover this one and I really quite enjoyed it. As you point out, the film doesn't offer any easy answers and makes you think long and hard about what happened to Bobby Gold after the end credits roll.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.com