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BOUND – Don Davis
THROWBACK THIRTY
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Bound is a neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski in what was their feature directing debut and, in retrospect, the first clear sign of the visual confidence and formal playfulness that would explode three years later in The Matrix. Gina Gershon stars as Corky, an ex-con renovating an apartment next door to Violet (Jennifer Tilly), the glamorous girlfriend of volatile mob money-launderer Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). Corky and Violet begin an intense affair and devise a plan to steal $2 million in Mafia cash and run away together, framing Caesar in the process; naturally, almost nothing proceeds as intended, and the film turns confined spaces, shifting loyalties, sexuality, and escalating panic into a wonderfully controlled pressure cooker of a movie. Read more…
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