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Oracle of DelphiA Review: 'Fat City ' (1973)
March 30th 2006 05:23
Although this may not strictly be within the ambit of this site's project (a site devoted to Sydney high arts)I thought today I would write a brief comment on the neglected classic Fat City (1973). Directed by master auteur John Huston the film tells the story of Tully (Stacy Keach) and Earnie (Jeff Bridges)two small-time boxers struggling to make ends meet while striving for the 'fat city' of the American dream. Unlike boxing films such as Rocky (1976) and the recent Cinderella Man (2005), Fat City refuses the conform to generic conventions; this is no rags to riches tale. Rather, more akin to Million Dollar Baby (2004), the film offers a realistically gritty and unromantic portayal of dreams dashed and futility realised. Set in drab Californian locations and filmed in the washed out colours of blue collar America, the result of the film's uncompromising realism is a work that is less inspirational than a formula boxing film but more authentic, and ultimately, more satisfying because of it.
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