Blu-ray Review – In the Soup

The Sundance Film Festival was once a place where idiosyncratic moviemakers could share their visions with a sophisticated audience capable of understanding the quirks and horrors contained in these features. In the early 1990s, the Festival offered a special magic, with 1992 the year of "Reservoir Dogs," "Brother's Keeper," "Johnny Suede," "Mississippi Masala," and "The Living End." Emerging as one of the more popular Sundance titles of this year was "In the Soup," with writer/director Alexandre Rockwell offering a dark comedy about the frustrations of ambition, the realities of unrequited love, and the determination of opportunists. A black and white ode to French cinema, John Cassavetes, and New York City atmosphere, the endeavor gave Rockwell a career, establishing his unusual sense of humor and love of actors, with stars Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassell often the only reason to stay invested in this semi-meandering offering of indie storytelling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com