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Apartment Zero (1988)
Rate:
7
Viewed:
5/20
5/20:
Remember the cocky know-it-all asshole named Ellis in Die Hard?
That's Hart Bochner. Sure, he's easily recognizable, but Apartment Zero? I had no idea it was him playing Jack Carney
until afterwards. The lack of his beard fooled me big time.
It goes without saying the movie begins and ends with Hart Bochner which was going nowhere for the first fifteen minutes
until he showed up to rent a room from the socially awkward cinephile (Colin Firth). That's when things started cooking.
Having invested a lot of energy into the somewhat slow-moving film, I got let down in the final thirty minutes when the director
decided to be less disciplined. The final result is a disappointment.
I'm clueless as to why Jack started to crack at the airport. The whole homoerotic thing between the two male roommates is
obvious, and yet they do nothing to each other? Upon discovering the truth, I guess the cinephile hadn't learned anything
given his extensive film knowledge. He should've been told of the clue "John Dall, Bradford Dillman, and Scott
Wilson." Then, maybe his scattered brain will figure out what these films were about.
However, thanks to the close-ups at perfect distance, the cinematography is excellent which feels like a nice throwback to
the 60's style of foreign filmmaking which was shot on location in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Additionally,
the ensemble acting is strong.
All in all, Apartment Zero asks for a lot but will ultimately disappoint.