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List Price: $19.99 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $2 Features • AC-3 • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Letterboxed • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 27 February, 1998 DVD Release : 26 January, 1999 |
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The Real Blonde description Tom DiCillo's love-go-round stars Matthew Modine and Catherine Keener as an unmarried, New York City couple whose relationship has stalled: should they get married? Have a kid? What's certain is that Modine's character, Joe, is an aspiring actor with no prospects and Keener's character, Mary, is a photographer's assistant with little joy. Joe leads us to Bob (Maxwell Caulfield), a soap opera star on a fetishistic search for a non-bottle blonde. Bob's quest is briefly satisfied by a costar (Daryl Hannah), but it is another lover, a model named Sahara (Bridgette Wilson), for whom he may have repressed feelings beneath his gruff exterior. Sahara, a favorite subject for Mary's shutterbug employer (Marlo Thomas), brings us full circle to Joe's girl again. The net portrait is of a couple of men who burn up a lot of energy diverting true passion toward junk causes (Bob's Freudian hang-up, Joe's knee-jerk politics) and a couple of women who struggle to say what they want. Typical of DiCillo, the film has its own internal distractions and strained credibility: is it necessary, for instance, to have every important male in Mary's life betray her with a come-on? But despite such minor problems, The Real Blonde is a rare New York relationship film that is neither twinkly nor cruel. --Tom Keogh |
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| I recently pulled this one off the shelf and watched it again; it was actually even better than I remembered it. The plot deals with Joe (Matthew Modine) & Mary (Catherine Keener), a couple who have been together for 6 years, but definitely seem to be having their share of troubles. Joe is a struggling actor who works as a waiter to make some much needed cash; Mary is a makeup/hairstylist who has a few hangups of her own and regularly sees a therapist. During the course of the film, the relationship deteoriates, as Joe's inability to get work as an actor makes him feel inadequate and Mary tires of him being depressed. Along the way there is a subplot about Joe's waiter buddy Bob (Maxwell Caulfield), also an actor, who accepts a role on a soap opera strictly for the money; this is something Joe is initially opposed to, due to artistic integrity. Bob also has a thing for sleeping with blonde women...as long as their blonde is not from a bottle.
Catherine Keener turns in another sterling performance. You believe the tension and problems between her and Matthew Modine's character. They do not seem contrived like so many films, and it is enjoyable to watch the growth of both characters and see how their relationship ends up by the finish of the film (no plot spoiler here...). There are a number of fantastic cameos in this film; Marlo Thomas is brilliant as a Fashion Photographer who works with Keener's character; Kathleen Turner is also used to good effect as a Casting Director who teaches Modine's character a thing or two about the business; Christopher Lloyd as Ernst, the head waiter and Joe's boss, gives a very touching moment where his typically bitchy character shows some tenderness to Joe; Denis Leary as the self-defense instructor who helps Keener's character deal with some of her anger issues; and Daryl Hannah as Bob's soap opera costar...the film's only "real" blonde. Bridgette Wilson also gives a great performance as the neurotic model who falls head over heels for Caulfield's character. The only extra on the disc is a theatrical trailer. The picture and sound quality are very good. HIGHLY recommend this little sleeper classic. |
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