Time Slip

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2004)

This film is reminiscent of films made in the forties and fifties.
We don't like films that make us think. We don't like films without sex or violence. We don't like films that show actors as losers with unhappy lives. We don't like unhappy endings or endings we don't understand.
Tough. Life is like that. We struggle with our relationships to make any sense of them - whether we understand languages, body language, looks, signs.
Sophia Coppolla has had too much bad press over the years just because of her dad. She threatens us because she's female, intelligent and wealthy. Well good luck to her - she should become as great a film maker as her father - I just hope our unsophisticated society doesn't relegate her to the art house.
This film will be a classic in 20 years time because it is a rarity - a good script.