directed
by Alan Rudolph
USA 2002
David and Dana Hurst are a married couple, both dentists,
who share a clinic. Outside of this, they have two houses, three children and
are living a quiet life. That is, until David one day sees his wife in the
arms of another man. Rather than confronting her, he lets the vision haunt
him.
Rudolph uses this to set up a superb dark comedy about a man, who on one side
is profesionally detached and direct in telling his patients whats wrong, but
on the other side private is the exact opposite.
His mise-en-scene underlines this by using daytime and nighttime, ordinary
family elements (dinnertable, the garden), and frame arrangements, as
abstractions of state of mind. There also are clear contrasts in the
presentation of the sterile and orderly clinic and the homely home of the
Hursts. The camera is ever aware and the use of zooms and movement alludes the
work of Altman.
Rudolph very clever doesn't reveal anything. We know the same as David, we can
do nothing more than to speculate as he does. Hence, his pain conveys with
ease and his actions are understandable.
The acting is dedicated. Campbell Scott underplays to the teeth, Hope Davis is
beautifully understated and Denis Leary steals every scenes, being everything
David is not and very obnoxious; and having the worst guminfection in the
history of dentristry.
A beautifully crafted and acted film, "The Secret Lives of Dentists" is a
wonderful dark comedy which examines married life.
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Theatrical Release: September 9th, 2002 (Toronto Film Festival)
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DVD Review: Tartan - Region 2 - PAL
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| Runtime | 1:39:50 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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minute compression artifacts, this is a superb transfer. Details are
sharp, colors are rich and saturated, excellent black. Sound comes in the usual three formats, but as this is a dialogue film, there isn't that much difference between them. Additional material is a gag reel and some deleted scenes, neither of any real importance to the film and to be seen as fillers. Sadly missing due to rights issues is the directorial audio commentary and anatomy of a scene from the Region 1 DVD. |
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