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Big fan of: Woody Allen, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Richard Linklater, Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp, Bruce Campbell, and now Hugh Laurie (yes, 'House' obsession....)
NOT a fan of: Vin Diesel, Star Wars (well, not the new ones at least), Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas, Julia Roberts, overrated hollywood actors and actresses: (Nicole Kidman can FUCK OFF).
Fav films: Before Sunrise/Set, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Good, Bad and the Ugly, Cinema Paradiso, American Beauty, Evil Dead Tril, Annie Hall.
Reviews
The Razor's Edge (1984)
Interesting and ultimately rewarding
I just watched this film recently, and I don't understand why it's got so much bad press, or why it seems to have been completely ignored. In terms of Bill Murray's canon of work, it's almost completely overlooked. For instance, it's not even reviewed or listed in the Time Out film guide (at least the 2005 edition that I own), which is extremely unusual.
It has it's flaws, I can't deny it. Sometimes the story feels a bit stretched/rushed, and I got a bit lost in parts. But at the heart of it is a great performance from Murray, there's other great performances all round, and it does touch the heart at the end.
It seems to have gathered a small cult following, and rightly so. There's an interesting back story to it too, with Murray writing the script and refusing to be paid for his actual acting in the film. He then stopped acting for a few years, instead 'life imitating art' by going over to study philosophy in Paris for a year.
To be honest, it just helps to secure Murray's place as one of the most interesting/talented actors of his generation. A must for all Bill fans and film buffs.