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sonatine
i always found it kinda gimmicky and trite but in its defense the movement it was trying to frame was also gimmicky and trite.
I never connected with it. I didn’t waste any time wondering why either. Thus, I haven’t read any of the 50 year analysis.
But I will do the bare minimum and ask you, “do you think Hopper was deliberately gimmicky and trite and he hit the bullseye?”
Honestly, I never considered that. I found Hopper and Fonda annoying and pompous. So again, I didn’t invest a lot of thought.... and I consider myself a big antihero guy. At least as much as the next guy.
That tgull’s first observation was how much ROI it achieved. That really is how this film is remembered. I think Hopper was silently proud of this.
