Love Jones

1997
R
1h 49min

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7.3/10

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Nia Long, Larenz Tate, and Isaiah Washington in Love Jones (1997)

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Comedy Drama Romance

Darius, un joven poeta de color de Chicago, sale con Nina, una fotógrafa de gran talento. La incertidumbre sobre sus sentimientos desencadena un lío amoroso entre ellos y sus amigos.Darius, un joven poeta de color de Chicago, sale con Nina, una fotógrafa de gran talento. La incertidumbre sobre sus sentimientos desencadena un lío amoroso entre ellos y sus amigos.Darius, un joven poeta de color de Chicago, sale con Nina, una fotógrafa de gran talento. La incertidumbre sobre sus sentimientos desencadena un lío amoroso entre ellos y sus amigos.

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Premios
- 2 premios ganados y 7 nominaciones en total

Trivia
The role of Nina Mosley was originally written for Jada Pinkett Smith.

Errores
Darius finds Nina's address from a personal check. In the next scene when Nina allows Darius to enter her home she tells him she's "Housesitting".

Citas
Darius Lovehall: Say, baby... can I be Your slave? I've got to admit girl you're the shit girl... and I'm digging you like a grave. Now, do they call you Daughter to the Spinning Pulsar... or maybe Queen of 10,000 moons? Sister to the Distant yet Rising Star? Is your name Yemaya? Oh, hell no. Its got to be Oshun. Oooh, is that a smile me put on your face, child... wide as a field of jasmine and clover? Talk that talk, honey. Walk that walk, money. High on legs that'll spite Jehovah. Shit. Who am I? It's not important. But me they call me brother to the night. And right now... I'm the blues in yourleft thigh... trying to become the funk in your right. Who am I? I'll be whoever you say? But right now I'm the sight-raped hunter... blindly pursuing you as my prey. And I just want to give you injections... of sublime erections... and get you to dance to my rhythm... make you dream archetypes... of black angels in flight... upon wings of distorted, contorted... metaphoric jizm. Come on slim. Fuck your man. I ain't worried about him. It's you who I want to step to my scene. 'cause rather the deal with the fallacy... of this dry-ass reality... I'd rather dance and romance your sweet ass in a wet dream. Who am I? Well, they call me Brother to the night. And right now I'm the blues in your left thigh... trying to become the funk in your right. Is that all right?

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition/Love Jones/The Godfather/City of Industry/Troublesome Creek/Mandela (1997)

Bandas sonoras
Hopeless
Written by Van Hunt and Dionne Farris
Performed by Dionne Farris
Courtesy of Columbia Records

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7/10

Love, Chicago Style

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

While the film received favorable critical reviews, the film was not a financial success but it remains a cult following because of its realistic characters and unorthodox take on the romance genre. It is also Theodore Witcher's only directorial work to date (2016). The producers of the film said that they wanted to make a modern film about African-American life that did not use violence and recreational drugs as elements in the story.

I am not big on romantic stories, and I am not big on many so-called "black movies". But I think the folks behind this one did everything right. The idea to avoid drugs and violence was smart, because why should every movie featuring African-Americans reinforce the stereotype of the ghetto or criminal behavior? This just sets a bad example.

However, "Love Jones" avoids that trap and makes it a deeper story about love, dating, and the difference between casual and serious relationships. On a personal note, I love the Chicago setting. As a midwesterner, very few movies are set in my area. Chicago is about as close as they ever come... so it is nice to see somewhere outside of LA and New York.