The premise of this black comedy is far from complex - A couple of salesmen get caught up in an escalatiung feud . So writer/director Barry Levinson is left with the dillema of wondering what to do to fill up the running time and wisely chooses to concentrate on the human drama . Ernest sits in a diner discussing BONANZA wondering who`s going to pay the bill and goes home to his wife where he discusses picnics while BB sits in the office giving out advice to his collegues on how to make a fast buck . Thinking about it this is a good movie to show to aliens who are interested in what it`s like to be human* It`s not as crazy as it sounds after all everyone is motivated by if not love then at least a need for a sexual partner , everyone is motivated by greed , and alas everyone can be motivated by hate , without doubt the most destructive impulse within the human condition
Levinson`s screenplay is very good especially if you`re entertaining Martians who are interested in film scripts as well as the human condition but I do wish he`d handed the script over to Martin Scorsese to direct . There`s nothing wrong with the performances of Richard Dreyfuss and Danny Devito but just imagine DeNiro as BB and Pesci as Ernest . Is that a sigh i heard you gasp at what might have been ? And let`s not forget Scorsese can make an audience laugh out loud at the most tragic of circumstances , look at TAXI DRIVER , MEAN STREETS and THE KING OF COMEDY , under Scorsese this possibly would have been a classic . It`s also strange watching a movie made in 1987 , set in 1963 with The Fine Young Cannibals performing a song that was a hit in 1989
* Best movie involving the human condition ? PINK FLOYD`S- THE WALL
Levinson`s screenplay is very good especially if you`re entertaining Martians who are interested in film scripts as well as the human condition but I do wish he`d handed the script over to Martin Scorsese to direct . There`s nothing wrong with the performances of Richard Dreyfuss and Danny Devito but just imagine DeNiro as BB and Pesci as Ernest . Is that a sigh i heard you gasp at what might have been ? And let`s not forget Scorsese can make an audience laugh out loud at the most tragic of circumstances , look at TAXI DRIVER , MEAN STREETS and THE KING OF COMEDY , under Scorsese this possibly would have been a classic . It`s also strange watching a movie made in 1987 , set in 1963 with The Fine Young Cannibals performing a song that was a hit in 1989
* Best movie involving the human condition ? PINK FLOYD`S- THE WALL