Lulu on the Bridge

1998
PG-13
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.3K

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Drama Music Mystery Romance

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
At one point, Dr. Van Horn (Willem Dafoe) writes on a scrap of paper: "Celia - s 'il y a". This pun was based on a similarity between a girl's name and a phrase in French meaning "if there is". It is a direct reference to Samuel Beckett's novel "Murphy" (1938): Celia, lover of an eponymous character, has an uncle, Mr. Willoughby Kelly, who comes up with this piece of bilingual wordplay. Paul Auster has consistently acknowledged Beckett's influence on his own oeuvre.

Goofs
When Izzy is at Celia's apartment for the first time and closes the curtains to make it dark, there is a lot of light coming in even with the curtains closed. When they turn the lights off, the room is very dark.

Quotes
Hannah: You still don't know who I am, do you? After all these years, you still don't have a clue.

Connections
Edited into American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)

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One of my favorites -- here's why

I see that opinions for Lulu are either 'I loved it' or 'I hated it.' There's a good reason. This is a very different film, with spiritual and other-worldly overtones -- it's definitely spooky. I could not have imagined where the story finally ended up, but it requires a lot of imagination to understand it (think, "Where does the mind go when it loses consciousness? And, what is the real meaning of 'time'?"). If you don't like it, that's fine -- maybe you just don't get it. Nothing wrong with that -- it's pretty deep. But for me, it's a form of pure entertainment that I cannot find anywhere else. I loved it. I bought a copy on DVD. I tell my friends about it. The ending is a definite surprise, but there are lots of other surprises throughout. Why not find out for yourself?