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Layer Cake

As with most movies of the gang/drug crime-genre, Layer Cake starts off with an extended explanation of all of the key components. Much like Casino, it provides a list, in brevity of the various players, and the way that the operation functions. At some point in every crime film, it seems as though this junction is necessary: ”This guy buys the drugs, this guy cuts the drugs, this guy sells the drugs, and, oh yeah, that guy is the supplier. That is the supplier’s right-hand man, that is his addict girlfriend, and that guy…well, he is just reckless.” By this right, Layer Cake fits comfortably, almost too comfortably, into an already established format for the way in which this type of film must establish character relations. In Ocean’s Eleven and Snatch, the cast is introduced in much of the same manner. This is the same for films like Goodfellas, and most other notable American crime dramas. Despite the obvious redundancy of this way of establishing character relations, this is satisfactory. In fact, I freely admit that I generally enjoy this type of character introduction. Despite the generic layout, and its predictability, I enjoy seeing which characters fulfill which parts (Simply, who they cast). After watching several films of this nature, one becomes familiar with certain actors that reappear. It is interesting to consider that the mob boss in Snatch plays a nobody in the film Lock Stocked and Two Smoking Barrels. Robert Deniro goes from bigshot in Casino, to bus-driver in A Bronx Tale. Moreover, this system is simply convenient. One does not have to overthink the ways in which plot extensions lead to character development. We are already familiar, based on the framework that has been established, which characters fit which parts. In reflection, it would be interesting to see how other film genres could incorporate the same tactic. I imagine romance films that introduce the lovers, and various other conflicting characters immediately: “This is the jealous overbearing lover, that chick is the love interest, that guy love’s her madly, but is poor, that is the rich father, and that is the mother who is having an affair with the neighbor.”

Additional Multi-Screen Showing

It has been proposed that members of the PTFC reconvene for an additional multi-screen showing at the house. Obviously this matter, as always, is open to suggestion. Hopefully, this will be as adventful/fruitful as the last showing.

Member Sites

Soon the RADIKILL screen printing presses will be running. Dr. Alphonse Hudson from the Project This Film Club will be producing and distributing personal and collaborative print designs.

Although the website is still under construction, a link has been provided under the “member sites” section of the adjacent column.

Smile Boys…The Usual Suspects

Photogenic

Multi-Screen Horror Fest

 

This week, members of the PTFC will be hosting a backyard/basement showing (final decision will be based on impending weather conditions). In an attempt to experiment with aesthetic, each horror film will be shown on various television screens/monitors simultaneously. We are still deciding which films to show, and are open to any suggestions that may arise.

When life hands you lemons…

Moving and personal health issues are to blame for the posting failures that have occurred recently. The PTFC has attended a variety of films, and commentary/discourse will be provided within the immediate (and, I mean immediate) future.