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DVD : EdmondIn association with Amazon.comstarring: William H. Macy, Frances Bay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Mantegna, Denise Richards directed by: Stuart Gordon  List Price: $26.99 Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $7.00 (26%)Prices subject to change. Availability: unknown
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION EAN: 0855280001700 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: First Independent Manufacturer: First Independent Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: First Independent Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 03, 2006 Running Time: 82 minutes Studio: First Independent Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Sales Rank: 30054 MPN: FI0169DVD Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: A man (Macy) becomes involved in a twisted game of sex, lies and murder with 3 young women (Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Julia Stiles). It’s a first rate thriller from the legendary David Mamet. Amazon.com: William H. Macy, a longtime collaborator of David Mamet, takes on one of Mamet's biggest, ugliest creations in the title role of Edmond. Edmond drops out of his ordinary life after a chance encounter with a fortune-teller, and cruises through a New York inferno that leads to murder. It also leads to a great deal of the clipped, counter-punching dialogue that Mamet is famous for, although at times the film plays like a monologue interrupted by peripheral blips on Edmond's skewed radar. Mamet's subject is the frenzied reaction of the modern male to the narrowing of his domain, a crisis that drives Edmond to the familiar touchstones of bar, peep show, and whorehouse, none of which provide the solace he thinks they should. The 2005 film is based on Mamet's 1982 play, and somehow the picture might have had more pop if it had been filmed closer to that time, when panicked masculinity was a fresher subject. And the text is a kind of dark, horrific fable that probably worked better in the stylized realm of the stage than on film. Stuart Gordon directs with a blunt forward motion that foregrounds the most unsavory aspects of the material (fans of his Re-Animator should note the presence of Jeffrey Combs as a snotty hotel clerk). Except for Macy, cast members come and go in the episodic flow, some of them (Joe Mantegna and Rebecca Pidgeon) identified with Mamet's work. Julia Stiles plays the unfortunate waitress who falls into Edmond's path, and Bai Ling, Denise Richards, and Mena Suvari are women of the night who want to charge Edmond too much money. But it's Macy's show, and he mercilessly gets inside Edmond's bad self: a monster of entitlement and self-delusion, given to epiphanies that lead nowhere except his own ego. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Fool's JourneyQ. Is this movie monstrous? A. Yes. Q. Does it lead somewhere? A. Yes, if you pay attention. Q. Is it sexy? A. Only if you are mentally derranged and sexually twisted. I consider "Edmond" a parable about a man seeking his true identity. In the beginning a fortune teller shuffles her tarot cards and informs him that he's not where he belongs. By the end of the film Edmond discovers where he DOES belong - hint... its not in society. William Macey is incredible at playing "The Fool" ... Read More Rating:  - Awful!I sat in disbelief as I watched this film. Macy has proven such a fine actor in so many other films, but was completely wrong for this part. His delivery was totally flat and unconvincing. He just wasn't right for the character. As for the ending, it couldn't have been any less ironic or ridiculous. No subtlty or believability whatsoever. For movies addressing the same subject matter, see Taxi Driver, Falling Down, and Fight Club. They are better movies and ... Read More Rating: - Terrible movieI watched this movie recently and was looking around to see if there were any decent arguments about how this is in any way a movie worth watching. So far I have not found any. On positive reviews I see comments about how the movie is "dark". If you want to see a "dark" movie go see something else. About a third to halfway through the film this thing goes totally off the rails and becomes an incoherent mess. This movie is terribly written and the main character's actions are totally unconvincing. ... Read More Rating: - Mamet's Nightmarish Film About the Human Condition is Disturbing and UnsatisfyingSeeing this film in the video rental store, I had high expectations. A David Mamet "sexy thriller" starring William H. Macy; what could be bad? Unfortunately, the film is neither sexy nor thrilling, and does not rise to the level of Mamet's other works. But it does succeed in being both interesting and disturbing. Macy gives a frenzied performance as Edmond, a middle-aged white professional who descends into madness as his life careens out of control. We witness Edmond as he reacts ... Read More Rating: - Different kind of thrillerAnyone who has seen David Mamet's work, knows that this writer is very complex. Seemingly racist or superficial dialog(s), always lead to a climatic ending. Although I have never seen "Edmond" as a play, the film definitely feels more like a play than a film. Quick dialogs and brief encounters lead us to a dramatic change in a life of a middle aged dilusional man. Edmond is 47 year old professional who suddenly realizes that he is bored with his life, his wife and work. On a whim, he decides to leave it all ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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