Clementine says what she thinks people want to hear. The man's face is sad and lined, and he lights cigarettes as if he's been living in casinos for centuries. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. His name is Sydney, and he has found an unshaven young bum dozing against the wall of a coffee shop and offered him a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert. I love that scene, man. Ebert and Roeper review the 2006 psychological thriller film, Hard Candy starring Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Hard Eight in höchster Qualität. Sydney sneaks into the house and kills Jimmy and searches Jimmy's pockets to retrieve the money. He has a deep, precise voice: We get a quick impression that he knows what he thinks and says what be believes. During the call, Sydney tells John that he loves him like a son. John has a new friend named Jimmy, who does security work, and he is attracted to Clementine, a cocktail waitress in Reno. Fair enough, and admirable in its simplicity. Vi har de nyaste filmerna och tusentals titlar att välja mellan. 4. share. :-(The "HOW THE FUCK IS THIS A DEBUT" club. 8, 93051 Regensburg - Großprüfening-Königswiesen-Dechbetten: Alles über den Immobilienmarkt, Entwicklung der Immobilienpreise & Wohnumfeld. Though luckily omitted. Otherwise, I never leave my house.” A sly grin. Originally titled Sydney, it was Anderson's first feature film and the expansion of the short film Cigarettes & Coffee. Showing all 82 external reviews. Eight and Six are the second most frequently rolled totals with two dice. 8, 93051 Regensburg - Großprüfening-Königswiesen-Dechbetten Thirteen years ago, Hall, preeminently a man of the theater, gave a harrowing, profane performance in Robert Altman's one-man show about Richard Nixon in San Clemente exile, We begin to understand more about the older man. All the drama and tension! Movies like "Hard Eight" remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. "Free movies on TV?" Se Hard Eight (1996), Deckare, Drama online. (It's a flashback). "What do you do?" I am not sure it is ever fully answered, or needs to be. "Hard Eight" is a neo-crime thriller by Paul Thomas Anderson released in 1996. Hard Eight | | ISBN: 9781840324440 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. Based on his short film "Cigarettes and Coffee" it tells the story of Sydney (Hall) a well-dressed charismatic man who finds a homeless man on the street. He's familiar, in a way: He looks middle-aged and a little sad. Sydney manages to calm the situation, advising John and Clementine to leave town and go on honeymoon. Hard Eight wouldn't be the compelling story it is without Philip Baker Hall as its center of gravity and values. And grown up. Sydney says precisely what he means. The next day, Sydney returns to the diner and covers a bloodstain with a shirt cuff. It's hard to shake the suspicion that, deep down, he believes in nothing but sensation, and that he's spent the last decade or so stridently identifying with oppressed groups so that he can get a gold star for making the kinds of films he'd be making anyway. Finden Sie hier Mietpreise & Kaufpreise für Wohnungen oder Häuser in Friedrich-Ebert-Str. It is really little more than a small resonant mood piece whose hard-bitten characters are difficult to like. Many Americans linger in adolescence, but Hall is the kind of man who puts on a tie before he leaves the house. Directorial debuts so assured and well-made you can't believe they're only the director's first film. You must be logged in to post a comment. Now playing . Sydney and John are still friends, John dressing like Sydney and even ordering the same drinks. It observes, and in that it takes its lead from Sydney, who is a student of human nature and plays the cards of life very, very close to his vest. And my wife and kids. Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us. [11], "Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Hard Eight', AKA 'Sydney': "It's Always Good to Meet a New Friend" • Cinephilia & Beyond", "I'm Paul Thomas Anderson, writer and director of PHANTOM THREAD, AMA! “Eight Men Out” is an oddly unfocused movie made of earth tones, sidelong glances and eliptic conversations. John also makes a friend of an ominous man named Jimmy (Samuel L. Jackson), who Sydney doesn't trust. When Hard Eight was shooting, this wasn't actually the last scene. Hard Eight (1996) External Reviews. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine. 80. The role of Jimmy is one of Mr. Jackson's scarier characters, and this brilliant actor inhabits all four corners of his jittery, avaricious personality. [6] In 2018, Anderson said he was working on a Blu-ray release of the film. Hard Eight vs. Sydney. All I care about is my relationship with God. It's about these specific people in this place and time, and that's why it's so good: It listens and sees. Like David Mamet's " ... Roger Ebert. John's statements are based more on hope than reality. He watches the waitress Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow) flirt with a table of drunks, asks her if she "has" to do that to keep her job and says, "You don't have to do that with me.". But the movie isn't about a plot. Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) is a man who has been gambling for a long time, and knows a lot about the subject, and shares his knowledge with the kid because--well, maybe just because he has it to share. 100 likes. It's not so much what he says as how he says it. At one point, when Clementine asks him a question, Sydney says, "You shouldn't ask a question like that unless you know the answer." All of them live in the 24-hour days of Reno, where gambling is like a drumbeat in the back of everything they do. But within its self-imposed limitations, it accomplishes most of what it sets out to do. They go to Sydney and John's suite where Jimmy explains that he is from back east, where he heard stories of how Sydney killed John's father in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Later in the film Jimmy gambles for a 'Hard Eight' and wins. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote "Hard Eight is not a movie that wants to make a grand statement. 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The website's critical consensus said: "An absorbing showcase for Philip Baker Hall, Paul Thomas Anderson's feature debut is a gamble that pays off handsomely. In order to increase the payout for these number combinations, a bet can be made that requires a pair of threes for a 'Hard Six' or a pair of fours for a 'Hard Eight'. Howard Stern & Roger Ebert Minus Gene, 1996; Howard Stern with Siskel & Ebert 1987 (Audio Only) Roger Ebert & the Movies. Suggestions welcome. John and Clementine become a couple, even though it's clear Clemmie does some hooking on the side. Stephen Holden. Like David Mamet's "House of Games" or Mike Figgis' "Leaving Las Vegas," or the documentary "Crumb," they pay attention to the people who inhabit city nights according to their own rules, who have learned from experience and don't like to make the same mistake twice. While leaving, Sydney removes the evidence from the motel room. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. The tension is heightened because John and Clementine have called the hostage's wife, threatening to murder him if they do not get the money. Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us. Why? Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Although John is skeptical at first, he agrees to Sydney's proposal. They lack a plan after killing the hostage. E Pedersen 2,401 films 1,905 40 Edit. Quinn Bailey 143 films 2,723 320 Edit. Se de senaste premiärfilmerna hos Blockbuster! "Hard Eight" starred John C. Reilly and Philip Baker Hall in the story of a relationship between an old gambler who shows the ropes to a broke kid in Nevada. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. As characters played by Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson get involved, the story reveals hidden connections. Sydney leaves the diner and gets gunned down by the guy from the hotel room. He needs $6,000 to bury his mother and has lost everything. [4][5] The main character Sydney was named after Philip Baker Hall's previous role in Midnight Run. [citation needed] Hall, Walters, Reilly and Hoffman later appeared in Boogie Nights and Magnolia. Anderson wrote the script with Baker in mind, and it's about time somebody did. Although Clementine believes that Sydney might want to sleep with her, Sydney wants to build a connection between her and John. "Parking lot?" "Drink from the mini-bar? There turns out to be a kind of a plot (a customer doesn't pay Clementine $300, and John gets violent and then calls Sydney to help him out of a mess). And the acting is wonderfully understated, economical and unsentimental. At the end of the process, it's funny how John, now that he's in his own room, becomes the genial host. Here is another great performance. Jimmy likes to say things that are probably not true, and then look at you to see if you'll challenge him. Sydney meets with Jimmy, who threatens to tell John that Sydney had killed John's father years ago unless Sydney gives him $10,000. [7], Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing "Movies like Hard Eight remind me of what original, compelling characters the movies can sometimes give us. Professional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. The New York Times Stephen Holden. After receiving a frantic phone call, Sydney goes to a motel, where he finds John and Clementine holding a tourist hostage, a client of Clementine who did not pay her $300. “Except sometimes. Rated R Wohnen & Leben in Friedrich-Ebert-Str. Private Parts, Booty Call, Hard Eight, Donnie Brasco, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, 1997 ... Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews. Early in the film Philip Seymour Hoffman loses while playing for a 'Hard Eight'. That was the scene that was shot. Hard Eight wouldn't be the compelling story it is without Philip Baker Hall as its center of gravity and values. Anderson has a good ear. "[9] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 6.89/10. I meditate between four and eight hours a day. John reveals that he and Clementine had impulsively gotten married, and she then sold herself to the tourist for sex. Sydney is calm and reserved, and displays a fatherly care for John, who is unsophisticated and not overly intelligent. By this point in the film, its writer-director, Paul Thomas Anderson, has us so hooked that we're watching for the sheer pleasure of the dialogue and the acting. But within its self-imposed limitations, it accomplishes most of what it sets out to do. ", Two years pass. The kid is named John (John C. Reilly). he asks Sydney. says Sydney. It is a riveting debut film. Complete list. Finden Sie perfekte Stock-Fotos zum Thema Hard Eight sowie redaktionelle Newsbilder von Getty Images. He offers to give him a cigarette and buy a cup of coffee. Hard Eight is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and stars Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly “I never leave my home unless I have to. When Ali fights Norton, that's when I leave my house. ", "Suspense-Filled Puzzle Draped in a Dark Mood", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hard_Eight_(film)&oldid=1017200115, Films with screenplays by Paul Thomas Anderson, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 April 2021, at 12:26. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. He is a gentleman, with a deep courtesy. Hard Eight BBQ is a family owned and operated business that was started by the late Phillip Nivens and his wife Vicki, along with his son-in-law Chad Decker and wife Carie. 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