Real Life decisions but just a bigger scale?

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2006)

It is a big political comment but from a personal level. A bit cynical as well but ever so elegant...Individuals follow their dreams and just how much does reality have to do with those dreams? The dad who escapes Russia on the pretext of being Jewish (even though he's catholic) but then likes the hat so much he decides to pretend to be Jewish permanently. The pretty model who is willing to just be pretty because life seems good. The folks who listen and act on their heart, of course, must be disappointed (or die). Movie of conscience & glamor. Great music. The writing is really snappy, reminds one a lot of Raymond Chandler. This writing style combined with the the gritty realism of the Africa scenes, voice over technique and always somberly lit New York apartment scenes indicate the film team had done a lot of "Fim Noir" studies back in their school days. Of course the Nicholas Cage character you just have to like! As myself someone who is in a profession that often deals in "little white lies" I left the theater ready to put on my suit and do "what I do best".