Wanted to re-watch this wonderful film. Hasn't lost any of its charm. Great film. Bought it in HD on iTunes... although i hear the Indicator Blu-ray has great extras.

Noticed that Frederick Elmes did camera operation. You can tell there is a master behind the camera moves... they are tight and precise.

Perfect.

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This movie should only be presented with William Castle style gimmick glasses that allow the viewer to shield their vision from the uncomfortable and mortifying acts of human behavior on screen.

On a personal note, I'm not the same kind of editor as Brooks' character, but I can empathize with making hundreds of decisions, most with confidence, at work, then being completely indecisive, impulsive, and flaky in my personal life.

Mr. Trash Can

Some of the best, most purely human comedy every put on film, but Brooks captures the scattered thinking and pathetic helplessness of his character with such merciless exactitude that it eventually mutates into a horror movie about a dysfunctional couple. By the time we get to the cabin, there are no laughs, only discomfort and fear about what he might do next, so much so that the text epilogue (which has to rank as the single best use of that technique in any movie) is funny not just because it's funny but also because it's a welcome relief from the claustrophobia of this relationship.

The anti-romantic comedy, where the laughs are all in the breakup and an uneasy reality sinks in with the romance. Albert Brooks gives a nuerotic selfish idiot performance to rival George Costanza, and a quaaludes scene to rival The Wolf of Wall Street.

"You've never heard of a no-win situation? Vietnam? This?''

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This movie should only be presented with William Castle style gimmick glasses that allow the viewer to shield their vision from the uncomfortable and mortifying acts of human behavior on screen.

On a personal note, I'm not the same kind of editor as Brooks' character, but I can empathize with making hundreds of decisions, most with confidence, at work, then being completely indecisive, impulsive, and flaky in my personal life.

35mm, Ritz

Jealous af: The Film

Why are straight people so complicated and shitty

Watching Albert Brooks in this film I started to feel incredibly insecure just like his character.

The incredibly long 'quaaludes' single take is very funny as is the sports store scene.

This is the sort of comedy that I love, subtle and underplayed.

Imagine to voluntarily date this fucking psychopath.

watched it again

Uncompromising in its self-portrait of deep narcissism and insecurity, and totally confident in its idiosyncratic pacing and comedic rhythms. I’ve seen it several times now, and somehow it still surprises me how nearly every scene in the movie plays out.