I've been writing since college and that's quite a while. My articles have apeared in national magazines (Popular Woodworking, Modern Drummer, ...), technical joournals and, of course, on the web.
As a long-time Woody Allen fan and jazz guitar player I looked forward to seeing this movie. It came highly recommended and I was disappointed on a lot of levels. First, there was not one minute while watching this film that I wasn't aware of the fact that I was viewing a performance. Theacting was stiltedand even Sean Penn's performance seemed affected. Second, despite having lived an interesting and somewhat sordid decade or two travelling and playing guitar myself, Icould not relate even slightly to the protagonist. Granted, the time period was a factor, but the lead character (Emmet Ra...
More..Joseph Pescatello
Member since: February 2007
Articles Written: 17