Director: Álex de la Iglesia Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarria (screenplay), Álex de la Iglesia (screenplay), Guillermo Martínez (novel) Starring: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling To quote the Austrian-British philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, from his treatise Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) (which was penned -- at least according to The Oxford Murders -- smack in the middle of a Wwi battlefield): “There is no such truth outside of mathematics.” The Oxford Murders goes one step beyond the question of whether or not we can handle the truth; it posits the question: “Can we know the truth?” Enter Martin (Elijah Wood), an oversees student donning a black leather jacket. Martin shows up in Julia Eagleton’s (Anna Massey) Oxford, England home -- a home that is decorated with noteworthy mathematical artifacts such as a replica of an Enigma machine and a photograph of Alan Turing. Julia’s husband, Harry Eagleton, was the [fictional] developer of the...
- 8/7/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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This interview originally ran in June 2009.
Álex de la Iglesia always has to be the odd man out. At the American Cinematheque's Recent Spanish Cinema series last year, de la Iglesia's thriller "The Oxford Murders" was the lone English-language film shown, serving as a linguistic break from Goya winners like Jose Luis Cuerda's "The Blind Sunflowers" and Agustín Díaz Yanes' "Just Walking."
The film's also a departure from the wild comedies de la Iglesia has become known for, like the cutthroat salesman competition comedy "El Crimen Ferpecto" and the theme park-set spaghetti western "800 Bullets." (If you haven't seen either, we won't be offended if you run out to rent them now.)
Thanks to the questionable state of "Oxford"'s one-time American distributor ThinkFilm, the screening was a rare opportunity to see the Elijah Wood-John Hurt thriller on a U.S. big screen -- up until now.
Álex de la Iglesia always has to be the odd man out. At the American Cinematheque's Recent Spanish Cinema series last year, de la Iglesia's thriller "The Oxford Murders" was the lone English-language film shown, serving as a linguistic break from Goya winners like Jose Luis Cuerda's "The Blind Sunflowers" and Agustín Díaz Yanes' "Just Walking."
The film's also a departure from the wild comedies de la Iglesia has become known for, like the cutthroat salesman competition comedy "El Crimen Ferpecto" and the theme park-set spaghetti western "800 Bullets." (If you haven't seen either, we won't be offended if you run out to rent them now.)
Thanks to the questionable state of "Oxford"'s one-time American distributor ThinkFilm, the screening was a rare opportunity to see the Elijah Wood-John Hurt thriller on a U.S. big screen -- up until now.
- 8/3/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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July 24, 2010: The Oxford Murders movie will soon be released in the month of August this year. It’s primarily a combination of crime, romance, and thriller. The movie is to be released by Magnolia Pictures. This rated R movie stars Elijah Wood amongst several other extremely fascinating cast members. The movie is based on the prize winning novel of the same name written by Guillermo Martínez.
An old woman is murdered in Oxford. Later her body is discovered by a couple of strangers whose lives are then eternally altered. The two characters are wonderful, one is professor of logic and the other.
An old woman is murdered in Oxford. Later her body is discovered by a couple of strangers whose lives are then eternally altered. The two characters are wonderful, one is professor of logic and the other.
- 7/24/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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