February 2000
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Features
Burn, Blast, Bomb, Cut
What was the Gulf War all about? Thrillingly shot and riddled with black humour, Three Kings tries to unpack this key question, but is it the Casablanca this generation deserves, asks J. Hoberman.
My Bloody Valentine
To make The Talented Mr. Ripley, a 'bruising experience', Anthony Minghella had to restructure Patricia Highsmith's greatest novel. Nick James talks to the director and his editor Walter Murch.
Wage Warrior
For a Palme d'or winner, Rosetta is an unflinchingly bleak, low-budget look at life among Europe's underclass. Richard Kelly talks to its directors, the Dardenne brothers
Sexual Outlaws
With its wide-eyed curiosity about sex and flagellation, Jang Sun-Woo's Lies is a deliberate provocation of Korea's moral guardians. Tony Rayns reports on the post-boom order
The Myth Element
Luc Besson's Joan of Arc may be a high-camp affair that flouts French history, but it has its moments of perception and grandeur. By Susan Hayward
Selected reviews
Film of the Month: The End of the Affair
Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair has fine performances, yet the most important jealous lover in Graham Greene's original novel - God - is all but left out, argues Philip Kemp.
Limbo
Summer of SamReviews in this issue:
- American Beauty
- Anna and the King
- The Cherry Orchard
- The Cider House Rules
- The Darkest Light
- Double Jeopardy
- End of Days
- Film of the Month: The End of the Affair
- Fast Food
- Limbo
- The Lovers of the Arctic Circle
- Music of the Heart
- Mystery Men
- One More Kiss
- A Room for Romeo Brass
- Simpatico
- Sleepy Hollow
- Stigmata
- Strange Planet
- Summer of Sam
- Three Seasons
- The Wood