Lulu On The Bridge

Is that John Lurie or that guy that looks like John Lurie? Hm… Ah, the latter.

This movie has a bunch of really accomplished actors. Harvey Keitel had even starred in a couple movies Auster had done with Wayne Wang, so you’d think this would be easy peasy — but the performances are really off. It’s weird that a bad/inexperienced directory like Auster could somehow make Keitel act amateurish, but there it is.

But it’s a pretty good movie overall, and it certainly has that Austerian mystery going on — you never know exactly happening, and it’s fascinating. And the ending could be seen as a groaner, I guess, but I really liked it.

Lulu On The Bridge. Paul Auster. 1998. ⚃