Conversations With Other Women
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# madskittlez1122 commented on Youtube: Okay, you should all be pleased to know? that last night I finally watched this movie, since I’ve been swooning over youtube clips of it for like a year. And it was FABULOUS. Like, amazingly good. Even though Aaron Eckhart shirtless is not a pretty sight.
Aaron Eckhart–Thank you for Smoking, stars alongside Helena Carter in this movie based on the premise of “two sides to every love story.”
If you have ever watched a show of 24, you can appreciate the “split screen” approach. In that show, they use “split screen” as a way to show what’s going on, one character may be on location, and the other is at the office, seeing both is obviously better than seeing one just talking on the phone.
In this movie, Director Hans Canosa, takes this several steps further, he uses this as a way to show what happened in the past (instead of just showing flashbacks) in real time as it is happening, he also uses this to show future events, while we are still in the present– such as the couple still being in the room on one screen, and walking down the hall in another at the same time. He also uses this to show both points of view, similar to how when you are in the real world, and think up what or how you might say something, each viewport centers on each characters own interpretations of what is going on. There is also the lovely approach of having both screens try and “come together” which adds a nice symbolic touch to the film.
Some people will give up on this movie because of the “split screen” way of shooting. However, those who can learn to appreciate such a device will enjoy this film. The film is peppered with witty banter between Eckhart and Carter and the main reason I enjoyed the movie.
Another reviewer stated, the title is “Conversations with Other Women,” and one would expect it to include “other women,” However after reflecting a bit on the movie, you can see it lives up to its name. You have Man and Woman in their late thirties, as well as their early twenties. They have been apart for ten years, and as anyone older than ten can tell you, your quite a different person now than you were ten years ago.
Heroes fans will also be happy to hear, that the twenties version of “Woman” is played by the beautiful and talented Nora Zehetner, while she has only a few speaking roles, her parts do add to the films overall enjoyment.
I give this a 4 out of 5. I still think the use of “split screen” should be in small doses; however, this movie makes it work. Should you choose to buy this DVD, I feel you can’t help but enjoy it, the concept of showing both viewpoints of the characters at the same time works to great effect in this movie. I do not wish to give any plot points away, suffice it to say the concept of the movie is handled to great effect. I haven’t seen a movie with such engaging dialogue in a while, and the chemistry between the two actors is superb, nothing missing or lacking in this movie at all.
Helena Bonham Cart.
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