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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 397948" data-attributes="member: 8">MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991)[ATTACH=full]52952[/ATTACH]The artistic style makes it a very interesting film, but the flowery speech doesn&#039;t always work for me (unless it is supposed to be a warped interpretation from River Phoenix&#039;s character&#039;s point of view, but I&#039;m not sure about that).It&#039;s possible that a character like Bob Pigeon couldn&#039;t exist without the arty-farty approach, to make him look as &quot;legendary&quot; as he was supposed to be.Nevertheless, I find the deadpan weirdness of characters like Hans and Budd much more entertaining to watch.Whatever it is that the film (for better or worse) tries to convey, it doesn&#039;t seem to affect River Phoenix at all. I don&#039;t know how he managed to make sense of it but he completely disappears in his role, and perhaps it is that very performance that makes the film&#039;s flaws a little bit more noticeable.It&#039;s a pity that so much of his on-screen presence is in a state of unconsciousness, especially when Keanu Reeves has to fill those running time gaps.That being said, Keanu is perfectly cast as the exotic object of desire, and his somewhat inept attempts to keep up with River Phoenix&#039; acting kind of accidentally makes Scott Favor&#039;s out-of-reachness more physical, as if he embodies the artificial still images of the erotic scenes.But it&#039;s always his scenes without River that drags the film down a little bit (imho, of course).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 397948, member: 8"] MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) [ATTACH type="full"]52952[/ATTACH] The artistic style makes it a very interesting film, but the flowery speech doesn't always work for me (unless it is supposed to be a warped interpretation from River Phoenix's character's point of view, but I'm not sure about that). It's possible that a character like Bob Pigeon couldn't exist without the arty-farty approach, to make him look as "legendary" as he was supposed to be. Nevertheless, I find the deadpan weirdness of characters like Hans and Budd much more entertaining to watch. Whatever it is that the film (for better or worse) tries to convey, it doesn't seem to affect River Phoenix at all. I don't know how he managed to make sense of it but he completely disappears in his role, and perhaps it is that very performance that makes the film's flaws a little bit more noticeable. It's a pity that so much of his on-screen presence is in a state of unconsciousness, especially when Keanu Reeves has to fill those running time gaps. That being said, Keanu is perfectly cast as the exotic object of desire, and his somewhat inept attempts to keep up with River Phoenix' acting kind of accidentally makes Scott Favor's out-of-reachness more physical, as if he embodies the artificial still images of the erotic scenes. But it's always his scenes without River that drags the film down a little bit (imho, of course). [/QUOTE]

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