Directed by Mike LeighMy rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Johnny drifts among the lowlife of London, part sex maniac and part philosopher. He looks up his old girlfriend, and after quickly seducing her roommate proceeds to talk his way in to staying. He gets bored and wanders around the dirtiest parts of London. The most interesting person he meets is a security guard, and they have a discussion on the Bible, Nostradamus, the past, present and future while strolling the empty hallways of a modern building at night. It's hard to like Johnny, a smooth talker, pretentious and with no respect for anyone least of all himself, and that's kind of how I felt about the film. I thought maybe it was going to turn out to be some kind of religious allegory, Johnny was God and perhaps the mysterious Jeremy G. Smart the Devil, but when they meet not very much happens.
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Johnny drifts among the lowlife of London, part sex maniac and part philosopher. He looks up his old girlfriend, and after quickly seducing her roommate proceeds to talk his way in to staying. He gets bored and wanders around the dirtiest parts of London. The most interesting person he meets is a security guard, and they have a discussion on the Bible, Nostradamus, the past, present and future while strolling the empty hallways of a modern building at night. It's hard to like Johnny, a smooth talker, pretentious and with no respect for anyone least of all himself, and that's kind of how I felt about the film. I thought maybe it was going to turn out to be some kind of religious allegory, Johnny was God and perhaps the mysterious Jeremy G. Smart the Devil, but when they meet not very much happens.
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