By:Western International University
Source:http:http://www.west.edu
Category: Fillm School Online
Once you recover from the spell of Rampart, a film by Owen Moverman that stars Woody Harrelson, you have to wonder if there was a deliberate effort to use the abuses of power by one police officer in a gritty Los Angeles precinct as a metaphor for those of the country. It wouldn’t have to be the case at all for this to be a powerful film, and Los Angeles is very close to home for the Hollywood crowd–maybe it was only about LA.
I was blown away by the cast here for a low-budget film. In addition to Harrelson, who probably sets a career high with this film, you get Ned Beatty, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi, Ice Cube, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, and others. They didn’t all get a lot of lines, but each delivered their measure of weight to the heavy dream that was Rampart.
It could have become another edgy cop film, but this was more: it was certainly a character study, but as I suggested early on here, it was also a study in systems where there are forces at work to exert power, other forces that attempt to contain them, and both formal and informal versions of each of these .
I am probably over-thinking this. It was the powerful story of one cop, his core values shifting and grinding beneath him, and the ripples (or waves) he sent out from the epicenter of his that quaking existence. Perhaps the potent cast surrounded the film as a chance to highlight injustices in Hollywood’s near backyard. Perhaps enough people read a good script and simply wanted to be part of a good story and film.
This is yet another film that you don’t see to cure a bout of depression–unless you go hoping to conclude that your set conflicts are trite compared to those of Harrelson’s character. This is a film you see to be inspired by as a good story with great acting and hypnotic and many stylist shots and scenes.
Source: http://www.west.edu/blog/?p=2919
Source:http:http://www.west.edu
Category: Fillm School Online
Once you recover from the spell of Rampart, a film by Owen Moverman that stars Woody Harrelson, you have to wonder if there was a deliberate effort to use the abuses of power by one police officer in a gritty Los Angeles precinct as a metaphor for those of the country. It wouldn’t have to be the case at all for this to be a powerful film, and Los Angeles is very close to home for the Hollywood crowd–maybe it was only about LA.
I was blown away by the cast here for a low-budget film. In addition to Harrelson, who probably sets a career high with this film, you get Ned Beatty, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi, Ice Cube, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, and others. They didn’t all get a lot of lines, but each delivered their measure of weight to the heavy dream that was Rampart.
It could have become another edgy cop film, but this was more: it was certainly a character study, but as I suggested early on here, it was also a study in systems where there are forces at work to exert power, other forces that attempt to contain them, and both formal and informal versions of each of these .
I am probably over-thinking this. It was the powerful story of one cop, his core values shifting and grinding beneath him, and the ripples (or waves) he sent out from the epicenter of his that quaking existence. Perhaps the potent cast surrounded the film as a chance to highlight injustices in Hollywood’s near backyard. Perhaps enough people read a good script and simply wanted to be part of a good story and film.
This is yet another film that you don’t see to cure a bout of depression–unless you go hoping to conclude that your set conflicts are trite compared to those of Harrelson’s character. This is a film you see to be inspired by as a good story with great acting and hypnotic and many stylist shots and scenes.
Source: http://www.west.edu/blog/?p=2919
