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God, It's Deepack
desicritics.org –
2009-09-20
Another trip to Seattle. The same long flight across the corn country and over the Rockies, breaching the clouds while the airplane jiggles its butt to reach the cruising altitude, and a whole lot of free sodas, and 10-dollar meals,... ... Full Article
'Eh' factor sinks couple in 'Ask the Dust'
rgj.com –
2006-04-07
"Ask the Dust" was a dream project for Academy Award-winning writer-director Robert Towne. He was a personal friend of "Dust" novelist John Fante, and he spent a decade securing financing. ... Full Article
'Ask the Dust' 'Ask the Dust' leaves much to answer for Friday, March 24, 2006
post-gazette.com –
2006-03-24
By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A colossal misfire. That's what "Ask the Dust" is, despite actors Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, writer-director Robert Towne and a setting of 1930s Los Angeles which should be nostalgically seductive or instructive. Instead, virtually ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
pittsburghlive.com –
2006-03-24
Even at $4 a week, Arturo has difficulty making rent. With her weekly eviction notices, "My landlady was getting more writing done than I was," he says. Spending his last nickel on a coffee tainted by spoiled cream, he fires ... Full Article
Steamy womanizer Colin Farrell plays struggling novelist Arturo Bandini, the moody son of Italian immigrants who is "ignorant of women and life and afraid of both." It just doesn't fly. Arturo pecks away at his novel and his dwindling rent ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
efilmcritic.com –
2006-03-17
Robert Towne struggled for more than two decades to bring John Fante's acclaimed novel "Ask the Dust" to the big screen before he accumulated enough industry goodwill (thanks to his screenplays for various Tom Cruise films, including "The Firm," "Days... ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
thephoenix.com –
2006-03-14
Robert Towne's labor of love pays homage to a much-romanticized literary tradition, that of American fiction writing of the 1930s. In Towne's adaptation of John Fante's novel, Colin Farrell is a poor Italian-American who's occupying a hotel room in downtown... ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
popmatters.com –
2006-03-10
Colin Farrell's voiceover at the beginning of Ask the Dust makes it clear that Robert Towne's new film is in love with words. This is not to say that it proceeds stagily, that Towne neglects his camera, or that the... ... Full Article
Ask the Dust (2006)
nytimes.com –
2006-03-10
There are all kinds of stories about Los Angeles, that city of broken dreams, terminal sunshine and important car crashes. Among the greatest is "Ask the Dust," an autobiographical novel by John Fante about his hungry years in the city... ... Full Article
A Musty Movie From a Vibrant Book
nysun.com –
2006-03-10
With his film version of "Ask the Dust," Robert Towne returns to the milieu that made his name. An acclaimed screenwriter and occasional director in his own right ("Personal Best," "Tequila Sunrise"), Mr. Towne is still most widely known for ... Full Article