Archive for May 27th, 2000

Cradle 2 The Grave

In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” the villagers gave the good doctor a lot of crap about digging up the dead and piecing them back together to create a new life form. The same could be said about the great Polish cinematographer Andrzej Bartkowiak (The Verdict, Prince of the City, Prizzi’s Honor), whose three films as a director feel like the opening lyrics to “The Patty Duke Show”: They look alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike. Unfortunately, “Cradle 2 The Grave,” like “Romeo Must Die” and “Exit Wounds,” really doesn’t have much to say. Read the rest of this entry »