According to my humble opinion, Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, The Rules of Attraction, is a literary masterpiece that is as successful as the American Pervert, which successfully reflects the mood and predicament of a generation. But like the adaptation of Mary Harron’s American Pervert, Roger Avary’s adaptation of the Rules of Attraction cannot capture the spirit or level of the book.
First of all, there is an error that many independent directors make. It is a pity that the audience is often unable to comprehend this. The various apes made with fiction and camera are not enough to make a movie well. We must get rid of the ease of approaching every oddity we see like “creativity”. We don’t have to think that every “different” job we see is good. First of all, if the audience starts making some distinctions, the filmmakers will start to produce more accurate works. If you ask me that we do not appreciate all kinds of bullshit because we are at an independent film festival, you can benefit from cinema.
Of course I’m not just talking about the Rules of Attraction here. It’s not a terrible movie or something. If you rate it alone, it’s a daring but viewable movie from Dawson’s Creek. But while there is really a novel above the line, Roger Avary seems to have blown more on the possibilities provided by the new Final Cut Pro assembly set he got. Shooting Rules Unfortunately, it is a failed film that cannot even get close to the book in terms of depth or courage. Roger Avary sacrificed the emotional and intellectual dimension of the work to formal tricks for eye painting.
And Ellis’s two great novels were wasted in two years under two mediocre movies, which is the most painful thing. Roger Avary, I do not know how many hours of filming of the Victor character was made for the European travel footage used very quickly with a quick fiction.
All about The Rules of Attraction movie.
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Directed by: Roger Avary
Starring: James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, Kip Pardue, Joel Michaely, Jay Baruchel, Faye Dunaway, Swoosie Kurtz, Clara Kramer
Screenplay by: Roger Avary
Production Design by: Sharon Seymour
Cinematography by: Robert Brinkmann
Film Editing by: Sharon Rutter
Costume Design by: Louise Frogley
Set Decoration by: Teresa Visinare
Art Direction by: Christopher Tandon
Music by: tomandandy
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, drug use, language and violent images.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: October 11, 2002
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