Went
along to the Watershed yesterday afternoon to see Alex Ross Perry’s “Listen Up
Philip” - featuring the excellent Jason Schwartzman (Philip) in the role of an
obnoxious, egotistical, completely selfish, insecure, insufferable novelist
(you get the general idea). It’s one of those films that is at times very funny,
but which also makes you cringe with discomfort on occasions!
Philip is
a profoundly awful person… but he does come out with some wonderful lines. For
example, his writing hero Ike Zimmerman (played by Jonathan Pryce) – an older
version of Philip, but with a string of successful novels behind him – invites
him to escape New York for his country retreat… Philip explains the situation
to his girlfriend (who obviously has to stay behind in New York) as follows: “I
hope this will be good for us… but especially for me”! Also a very good
performance by Elizabeth Moss (his girlfriend).Certainly nowhere near the best film I’ve seen this year, but an entertaining one nevertheless.
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