For a moment Bill Murray was canceled. Now he plays a sturdy crumb criminal in crime comedy ‘Riff Raff’
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In fact, they are not that old at all, because what are they completely? 74! That is the age at which you can still become president in the United States. Perhaps there are other characteristics with age, such as inflexibility; Because they are stubborn, Vincent and Hannigan (which screenwriter comes up with such names?!). What they themselves regard for cold -bloodedness is in fact sturdy. And that is a good trait for no one, and certainly not for two crumb criminals who have to solve a family issue.
They are played by acting veterans Ed Harris and Bill Murray (for the first time together in a film) and they can drink each other’s blood. They have carefully avoided each other for years in the past decade, something with betrayal and double agendas. But now fate brings them together again. The first thing Murray’s Hannigan says to arch enemy Vincent when they see each other again after years is: « You have become old. When I see you, I see how old I am. » Their age is a recurring joke in the plot.
Harris and Murray are probably the last two actors in Hollywood who have been able to escape from Botox and Fillers. And it is not because they have become old, that it is fascinating to look at their acting, but because their faces live. You can see all that cold -bloodedness behind what is going on in their heads. That is not nice by the way. All revenge and betrayal.
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Riff Raffthat’s the name of the film, a nice old -fashioned word that means something like rig of the ledge. Crumb criminals who would kill their mother -in -law for a plate of pasta. And they are. Vincent and Hannigan. But the thunder is Old Testament: the son of one killed the son of the other.
For Murray, the star of classics such as Ghostbusters and Groundhog Daybut also as a home actor of Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), is crime comedy Riff Raff A bit of a comeback. The actor who is not only known for his unpredictable choice of role, but also for his whimsical behavior, was canceled and then not.
That sounds lighter than intended. What was the case? In 2022 he would be on the set of Being Mortal (What should have been the director’s debut of the popular comedian Aziz Ansari) have made a female employee clamped and tried to kiss. The production was stopped, the wife and Murray arrived. What makes things extra embarrassing is that Murray is given the opportunity in interviews to explain that it was all based on a misunderstanding. As a result of COVID measures, they would both have worn a nose and mouth mask. He thought that was a funny idea, he told, among other things The New York Timeskiss someone through a face mask. Then it’s just like you don’t kiss someone. He had done it before and then everyone thought it was funny.
It is easy to think: really something for Murray. Isn’t that the actor who became a social media phenomenon because he was suddenly spotted while he was barkeepen in Brooklyn? Or pops up at the wedding of a complete stranger and then asks if he can dance with the bride? Occurs as a mountain guide? The stories are countless, sometimes accompanied by photos that usually only prove that he likes to take a picture with his fans. The fact that someone is impulsive and likes to get a stunt or joke, perhaps explains why Murray also goes faster when he thinks to bake someone a cleaning. That is not really an excuse.
Moreover, the actor has a much longer Track Record From rude, annoying and sometimes downright cross -border behavior. For our spectators it continues to struggle. One time you keep looking, the other time you want to forgive, the next moment you wonder why the film industry does not turn to order almost ten years after #metoo. Quite apart from the fact that an adult man is so idiot tondroof, what did the others do on that set? Then you suddenly see it: Murray is in Riff Raff Probably just typecast for his stuck.
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