lawrencebugboy
When I first started watching The Informers, I wanted to shut if off because I was bored. It started slow, but you have to watch through to understand the subplot. That was how everyone was connected to each other, and that they generally shared loose morals and lack of trust. There wasn't a single relationship of complete trust in this film. The thread of who was sleeping with whom could be traced through many of the main characters, which became important in light of AIDS. People didn't understand AIDS in 1983, which was readily apparent in The Informers. The band which the movie gets its name from represented the height of immorality and seemed to set the tone for the film. The character Graham even asks his friend Martin what would happen if you had no one to tell you right from wrong. He wanted someone like that, but didn't know who to trust. He then asked Martin whether he slept around, and Martin lied to his face. Graham's girlfriend was loose, and his parents weren't there to guide him. In the end the only moral characters were the doorman who let the captive kid go, and Graham, who was "the one who loves Christie." Christie may have been the most immoral of all, and she ended up dying of AIDS on a beach. Graham tells her that there is no more sun, and this seems to imply that the party is over, which meant also that her life was over.Overall, a good film. You need to watch it through to understand it. The relationships that should have been closest were far from it. People kept telling Graham that he has everything, and yet he had nothing that really mattered. The most redeeming characters were Graham and Jack the hotel doorman (the actor who played the doorman died of a drug overdose!). Not a film to buy, though.
vitbazil
I'd say it's 9/10. I had expected some bad movie production, having seen it's current 5.1 out of ten. While watching I kept waiting for some bad acting or shitty editing or something else that makes a movie suck to come along. And guess what - I didn't see anything bad. The whole thing is an example of a very good movie production, the acting is of some high level and well, it was entertaining, to say the least.Some pretty intense stuff this movie was, although shorter in length then it could be. It's one of those movies you might want to watch alone, at home. This probably was the reason this movie didn't make much money in cinemas. I talked a couple of my friends into giving this film a chance, and I will re-watch it again myself one day.
Cedric_Catsuits
They say if you remember the 60s then you weren't there. For me it was the 80s, probably the most glamorous and decadent decade known to mankind. OK so this film largely revolves around the glamour and less around the ordinary folk, but the styles and the music just brought back a lot of good memories.This is by no means a demanding film, nor does it serve any particular purpose other than to show off some classy production values and acting. The characters are not people you can exactly warm to either. It may be glamorous but it's not pretentious or preaching some moral message. It's just easy on the eyes and ears and brain, comfort food for anybody who harks back to a better time.I like films like this, that don't go anywhere in particular. The ending is also well done with a short, simple but meaningful, if trite, few lines. Full marks for not spoiling the movie with a ridiculous plot or sentimentality.
nexus62010
One of the best examples of the shallowness and consumer obsessed 80s there is.No one is likable, no one is nice and everyone is self obsessed, We follow them as they self destruct in many ways. Performance as top notch from everyone involved. If you like American Psycho and Crash you will love this. Ellis has looked into the dark heart of the 80s and pulled out all that was bad there. From sex, drugs and violence to pedophiles and child porn.The end scene and the last line of the film very much sums up the end of the era of guilt free sex, drugs and excess.A thinking mans, intelligent film, not to be missed. XJ
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