Killing Zoe | Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy

Killing Zoe | Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy | Definitely worthwhile

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Killing Zoe

	Killing Zoe Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy Lions Gate, 2001 average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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Absolutely brilliant!

I don`t have the words to describe this movie.I am only 14 years,old.Now is 1999. I have seen the movie a few days ago,and I am still under its spell. I think it was the best thing ever made.EVER. I live in Bosnia,Sarajevo. Unfortunately,I can`t even buy this movie,and I am going to regret it for LIFE.

Definitely worthwhile

Some ultra-vi movies, like "Reservoir Dogs" and "True Romance," have little to commend them because the vi is the be-all and end-all. "Killing Zoe" brackets the violence with humor and mania, resulting in a very interesting movie. Eric Stoltz plays Zed, a US safecracker just arrived in Paris for a big job with his former school buddy Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade). He has the concierge at his hotel send up a prostitute (the very appealing Julie Delpy) and they get it on tenderly, falling in love. A cliche, but nicely done. The second third is a drug binge before the big job, vaguely psychedelic and reminiscent of the New Orleans cemetary acid scene in "Easy Rider," but better done. The last and most satisfying part is the bank heist gone awry--like "Dog Day Afternoon" on speed and minus the humor, but with lots more blood. The redeeming feature is the world-beating performance of Anglade as Eric, played with manic energy, dementia and irony as things go from bad to worse. He alone is worth the price of admission, though he gets plenty of help from fine performances by Stoltz and Delpy. Look for Gary Kemp, who played Fat Ron in "The Krays," as one of the bank robbers. Definitely worthwhile.

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This film can get inside your head

The thing is, you can either relate to the story and the characters, or you don't. It explores some dark, dark places in the human psyche that most people do not want to witness. Jean-Huges Anglade's Eric is engaging. He is a psychotic, a man with who knows what neurosis or psychosis, the knowledge that he is dying of AIDS, a hopeless heroin addict. This is his downfall in actually being able to pull off his role as ring-master in the bank heist. Eric Stoltz's character reminded me a little of his character Lance, in Pulp. He is definitely living in the underworld and yet shows abilities for compassion and maybe even love, the anti-hero of this film. There should have been more development of his character as I would have liked to been able to enjoy the complexity of his role.

I agree that character development was lacking. I agree that the movie dragged some, especially in the beginning. I also heard more clever lines in Pulp. However, the use of camera, color, location, set up the backdrop of this film with much symbolism, helping to convey this film-noir's aspects.

Once the heist went down, I was along side them, every step of the way. I had to see how it was all going to play out in the end. I wanted to see Stoltz walk away in the end and "get the girl".

You will appreciate this movie for what it is, and forgive it for what it isn't. That is of course, you liked it. I did.

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Tarantino Had a Hand in It

Killing Zoe is an interesting movie with some great lines in it. For example an American tourist goes to the bank robbers and says you would be speaking German if it weren't for us! right before he gets shot in the face. But the movie is predictable but is an overall enjoyable movie to watch.

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