Last night I watched "Match Point", with Johnathan Rhys Myers and Scarlett Johanssen. It was not at all what I expected, but I really liked it. I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen and was wrong every time, which I like because it keeps you thinking as you watch. What I enjoyed most was the soundtrack, which was all opera! Even cooler, it was all old recordings, which created a certain feel for the film---and which would have been completely different had more recent recordings been used. I thought it was a very artful use of classical music in a film. (I always get really excited about a good soundtrack!) As usual, the trailer:
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