Review of the movie “Interview” starring Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller

September 13, 2021 0 Comments

“Interview” stars Steve Buscemi (Lonesome Jim, Fargo and Reservoir Dogs) and Sienna Miller (Factory Girl, Casanova, Alfie) in a sexually charged film about media, truth and celebrity. The movie plays like rush hour traffic on Highway 405 on the worst possible day, and in this scenario, the audience is caught up in one verbal collision after another.

Buscemi plays a respected political journalist assigned to interview pop diva and soap opera star Miller. He finds him below his dignity and their two worlds collide, he as a serious political writer and she as a superficial celebrity. He sits in a restaurant for an hour waiting for her and when she finally arrives, he complains that he doesn’t get his usual table. He becomes more irritable and makes it clear that he hasn’t seen any of his work and that he doesn’t care. To make matters worse, he is missing a White House scandal that he should have been covering. The interview is a disaster that lasts only ten minutes and they depart separately. However, Buscemi is involved in a taxi accident and Miller, walking home, takes him to his nearby loft to tend to his injuries.

For the next hour and a half, they fight verbally in a game of hitting the bumpers, where egos are dented and then quickly repaired with silly superficial putty. Liquor and coke are consumed lowering their inhibitions. They try to outdo each other with mind games. Dark secrets and long-hidden vulnerabilities soon emerge. This is a tour de force performance in which Miller and Buscemi attract the interest of the audience and remain dynamic despite the long conversation. They take us for a ride where truth and deception blur; where the movie plays more in our minds than on the screen. As we wait for the big accident and fire scene, the story takes a strange turn at the end. Lies are told, a crime confessed, and the confusion creates a terrifying revelation. As the end credits roll out, we wonder what happened to these two people, even more so what is going to happen to them. Despite being unpleasant, we still care and want more.

CREDITS: The film, directed by Steve Buscemi, written by David Schechter and Steve Buscemi, is based on the film of the same name by Dutch director Theio Van Gogh. The original script is by Theodor Hotman. Film stars Sienna Miller (Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Actress), Tara Elders, David Schechter, Molly Griffith and Jackson Loo, Philippe Vonlanthen, Wayne Wilcox and Yan Xi .. Director of Photography: Evan Lurie, Editor: Kate William, Composer: Loren Weeks. 83 minutes. R rating. Available on DVD.

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