"True Romance" (1993) Directed by Tony Scott
For those reading this completely unaware of this all time classic film, here’s my cryptic premise for you: Clarence, obsessed by Elvis, comic books and films, falls in love with a Call Girl and obtains Dr Zhivago by accident. Looking to sell this masterpiece for a fraction of it’s price to a real film Director, he sells Dr Zhivago to enable his dream life with Alabama and Elvis. That’s all you need to know for now!
For a myopic film fan such as myself, this film truly does have it all. A stellar all time cast list (fully detailed below) even down to minimal supporting roles from some giants of modern day cinema. A joy of a musical score from Hans Zimmer including the iconic “You’re So Cool” title track which is a lullaby of pure joy, and many more tracks throughout the film from Aerosmith “The Other Side”, Billy Idol “White Wedding”, Soundgarden “Outshined”, Big Bopper “Chantilly Lace” and The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” personal favourites. There are many more.
The screenplay from Quentin Tarantino is unsurpassed, rich in pop culture references, coarse language and dialogue to die for. The characters created will long pass into cinematic history as with usual Tarantino panache the characters are rich, quickly back storied with multiple layers of intrigue, before being brilliantly depicted on screen by a wonderful cast that infuse so much into these characters. Director of Photography Jeffrey L Kimball again excels in a Tony Scott film, bringing to life and lighting some incredibly diverse settings throughout the film. In the opening minutes alone the short scenes outside the movie theatre, the restaurant (especially), the comic book store and outside Clarence’s apartment are brilliantly depicted, framed and shot, and this trend continues throughout. Joint Editors Michael Tronick and Christian Wagner also deserve great credit cutting this film to the perfect length of two hours.
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The above paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "True Romance" penned and published nearly a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site on 20th December 2022 and which can be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and original article linked immediately below:
https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/true-romance-1993-fe5c86a982fe
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