Another Day In Paradise
by Larry Clark
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Actor: James Otis, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Vincent KartheiserDirector: Larry Clark
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: James Woods
Producer: Larry Clark
Producer: Scott Shiffman
Producer: Stephen Chin
Writer: Stephen Chin
Writer: Christopher Landon
Writer: Eddie Little
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-05-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
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DVD Review: Fady Ghaly's reviews
Summary: 4 Stars
Another Day in Paradise is a stylish mix of filth and flash, of violence and jazz. It's a colorful, clever and compelling picture that poses the intricate question of whether an outlaw life of crime is sumptuous or ruinous. Based upon Eddie Little's lustful, fresh and fierce novel, director Larry Clark, who has evidently anointed himself the American cinema's poet of decadence, finding special interest in the tension generated by kids in danger, gives us a raw, non-glamorized look at the bleaker regions of American squalor. He does so very well, and yet gives his film a name that subverts the true superficial irony that lies within, luckily to then, however, generate a greater impact viewers like myself weren't initially up for, and yet once experience, develop a whole new kind of perspective and a whole new kind of respect for. Aside from the seemingly innocuous-enough-of-a-name, "Kids", which gave a false impression to many parents, as such a wildly controversial film offered a non-blinking look at the dehumanizing rituals of growing up, his latest film, which is based upon a true story, is entitled "Bully", a rather frivolous name which, though may develop an assumption in one's mind-who doesn't follow Clark's work, mind you-that it'll merely be some other light-hearted family feature that would be of a primary choice for elementary teachers arranging a special period that would give students the privilege of watching a film than to work, it in fact regards a group of teens whom, after growing weary of being aggravated upon by the school bully, lure him to a swamp where they then beat him to death. That's not funny or suitable for a class by any means. That's appalling...that's life, portrayed upon kids in the grimmest and grittiest ways.And here you have this one, which is entitled "Another Day in Paradise", but, as looks can very much so be deceiving, so can words. We know that the good times can't last, that it isn't going to be this glorious life for the foursome couple, who'll forever get the easy way out of each robbery, and then celebrate by going to fancy restaurants, getting drunk and shooting up once getting back to their apartment, for they ultimately endure the vast effects such a lifestyle has as they wind up on the verge of death's door, which sadly even opened for some of them. I mean, even in the beginning of the film you know that it isn't exactly going to be a pleasant one, as it opens with Bobby after having made love with the love of his life, Rosie, who, in order to support both her and himself, breaks into a junior college to burglarize a vending machine, merely to then find himself face-to-face with a security guard, who badly wounds him and yet, after a fierce fight, is defeated as Bobby stabs him to death with a crowbar. Soon he's being treated by Uncle Mel. "Are you a doctor?'' he asks. "Yeah, sure. I'm a doctor shooting you up with heroin," says Mel, satirically, and their chemistry progresses from there. (So does the story.)
The bond between Mel and Bobby was greatly alluring to me. In a sense, Mel was like a father to him, the loving father he never had-as dysfunctional as one can be-but a father nonetheless. As the film deepened and their friendship grew stronger, he had such empathy toward this poor little delinquent without many shoulders to lean onto, that it really fractures you to see what a pitiless and self-indulged man that allegedly loving father turns out to be in the end, when all hell broke loose and there was a real dark revolution with regards to this man's motives and abilities. As the conclusion to the synopsis on both the back of the VHS and DVD package say: But, he's a junkie on the make, and that doesn't mean that he can't use Bobby-and it sure doesn't mean he can't ditch him when he's done. What can I say? It's a tough world out there. If you're not tough enough, you aren't ever going to make it out alive.
Switching from working on G and PG-rated family features such as Alaska and Masterminds, to grittier and much more arresting R-rated adult, Vincent Kartheiser proves that he's a true actor that will not be afraid, or rather be incapable of taking on new rolls that would entirely alter his self-image to others. But unfortunately, he remains to be quite underrated, despite the deliverance of such powerful, such breathtaking performance, because throughout the last half-hour of the film, that was something in which he had definitely not failed to do. Such distinguished critics as Roger Ebert say things like how the performances are really what make this film worthy of watching, as the story was something in which he can easily anticipate, and then got specific as to why he enjoyed all the heart and soul James Woods and Melanie Griffith put into this picture, but neglected to even bother referring to Kartheiser, who I think outstaged them all! This kid is like the next Leonardo DiCaprio. (Or rather, adult. I know that he no longer wants to be refereed to as being a kid, for he really no longer is, neither is his work meant for any.) Kartheiser has matured into a young, gifted man.
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ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE - DVD MovieHaving apparently anointed himself the American cinema's poet of decadence, filmmaker Larry Clark follows his critically acclaimed Kids with yet another tour through the darker regions of American squalor. Another Day in Paradise--even the title screams of amateurish irony--may be powerfully acted by a fine cast of new and familiar faces, but how many times can we eavesdrop on the lives of murderous, self-destructive heroin junkie thieves before we just get morosely depressed? James Woods and Melanie Griffith are superb as a pair of surrogate parents to the young couple (Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner) whom they recruit as accomplices in a series of robberies and dangerous deals, but what exactly is the point of this overindulgent, gutter-mouthed, and ultimately sickening portrait of sickening people? Clark may be good at providing an authentic vision of America's ugly underbelly, but before this movie's half over you're likely to be screaming, "Enough already!" By the time Kartheiser's character has finally escaped from his dreadful "parents," it's clear that Clark has very little story to tell, and not much of it is really worth telling. As for why Woods's character gets such a kick out of saying "Boo-Yah!"--well, your guess is as good as ours. --Jeff Shannon
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