As our
9th round pick,
Selfmade Heroes choose
Bound (1996) in the
Drama category.
A truly delicious bit of film noir, with all the best components: cool, sexy, nasty and with a deliciously tasty plot which twists and turns so beatifully I can't from the top of my head come up with even a single real comparison. The cast is great, camera work is beatiful (early Wachowski brothers, aka the Matrix guys) and everything just works. This movie rocks, big time. Without the lesbian sex this movie would propably be much more highly praised.
Trailer:
A selected scene. NSFW.
I'm going to loot IMDB commentary for this one (written by Maga):
"I cannot think of a film that creates a more elaborate and intelligent sequence of events than Bound. This leads to that and that leads to something else and that leads to this and so on. What is special about this film, is that everything is connected. This is not Tarantino nonsense, that has no point and simply tries to rely on gimmicks and witty dialog. This is a clever thriller. The story centers around Corky (Gina Gershon), Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), who in one way or another, are involved in a plan to scam the mob. Of course, scamming the mob is never a good idea. Issues of trust, loyalty, love, violence and everything else are covered. There are very arousing sex scenes and scenes of disturbing violence, utilizing pruning shears. All of it choreographed beautifully by two very talented brothers. However, it is Joe Pantoliano who steals the show. He plays a wiseguy that gets caught in a downward spiral that can only finish one way, but he does his best to delay it. How he was omitted by the Academy is beyond me. What Hollywood films in the last ten years can you reel off that were nearly as clever as this film? Yeah, I thought so. **** out of ****, a simply brilliant motion picture."