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Interview [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Director: Steve Buscemi Actors: Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£17.99~~ Buy New: £2.06 as of 21/11/2009 02:54 GMT details You Save: £15.93 (89%) New (18) Used (9) from £1.36 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 29393 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 81 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050582539929 ASIN: B0011FTQ4E Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: February 25, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review After directing three films and an Emmy-winning episode of iThe Sopranos/i, Steve Buscemi turned to Holland--specifically to the work of Theo van Gogh. Before his 2004 murder by an Islamic extremist, the Dutch filmmaker (and Vincent van Gogh descendent) was planning an English-language version of his 2003 iInterview/i--even considering Madonna for the Katja Schuurman role. In Buscemi's reconfiguration, the actor plays jaded journalist Pierre. Once a war correspondent, he now takes any gig he can get. When his editor assigns him an interview with tabloid fixture Katya (Sienna Miller, doing her finest work to date), Pierre grudgingly acquiesces. Their first meeting in a restaurant is a bust. But through a chance second encounter, they continue their verbal volly in her roomy Manhattan loft, where Pierre discovers that Katya is sharper than her image suggests, and she learns about his tragic past. They flirt, fight, kiss, and cry. By the end it becomes clear that one of them isn't being completely honest. As an acting exercise, iInterview/i gets the job done, and Miller's American accent is especially convincing. As a story, it's less satisfying, not because of the minimal cast or stage-like setting--iMy Dinner With André/i made a virtue out of similar limitations--but because the opponents aren't evenly matched. They're also less agreeable than Louis Malle's dining companions. iInterview/i is first in a trio of van Gogh adaptations, with Stanley Tucci attached to iBlind Date/i and John Turturro to i1-900/i. --iKathleen C. Fennessy/i

Customer Reviews: A fascinating and surprisingly absorbing movie April 23, 2009 Stefan Mercado (East Sussex, England) It is quite astonishing that a film centred on just 2 characters, set for 90% of the time solely in a New York appartment, could be quite so absorbing. The relationship of Sienna Miller (of the stunning face) and Steve Buscemi (of the strange and rubbery face) changes it's dynamic constantly as the story unfolds, and makes you take sides and then change your view more than once. The twist at the end will have you hitting rewind to watch the last 10 minutes again - to make sure you got it right. br / br /A very plain and simple film which is just great entertainment Sienna Miller proves she can act. A 4-star triumph. August 17, 2009 jimboes2003 (uk) Yes, Sienna Miller certainly proves she's an actress in this very play-like film. Steve Buscemi does a great job too, as both performer and director. You will enjoy this film if you like good solid two-hander plays at the theatre. It's virtually nothing but Steve and Sienna talking. But that's not a criticism. The script is very good. Not too artificial, as these kind of scripts can be. I didn't find myself thinking 'No real person would say that'. And, at only an hour and 20 minutes it never outstays it's welcome. Just one slight warning. Don't expect the twist at the end to blow your mind. It won't, it's not earth-shattering. But it's a nice one nonetheless. A 4-star triumph. Feels like a decent play January 19, 2008 jrhartley 5 out of 6 found this review helpful This is a decent enough, easy watch exploring the topic of control and gender in an entertaining fashion, a reworking of the sadly murdered Theo van Gogh film of the same name (Buscemi honours him in the credits and also with the removal van in the early part of the film). The essence of the film is how men, regardless of their own inflated opinions of their intelligence and worldliness, and, despite their better instincts, can't help but be manipulated and wooed by femmes fatales. br / br /There are moments when this film does feel a bit too theatrical, a little over-acted, but overall, its a classic, two people in a room, character based story which underscores Buscemi's ability as a director and actor and actually boosted my opinion of Sienna Miller (albeit coming from a low level).

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