Lorenzo's Oil (1992) 7.2
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself. Director:George Miller |
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Lorenzo's Oil (1992) 7.2
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself. Director:George Miller |
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Nick Nolte | ... | ||
Susan Sarandon | ... | ||
Peter Ustinov | ... |
Professor Nikolais
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Kathleen Wilhoite | ... |
Deirdre Murphy
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Gerry Bamman | ... |
Doctor Judalon
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Margo Martindale | ... |
Wendy Gimble
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James Rebhorn | ... |
Ellard Muscatine
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Ann Hearn | ... |
Loretta Muscatine
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Maduka Steady | ... |
Omouri
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Mary Wakio | ... |
Comorian Teacher
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Don Suddaby | ... |
Himself
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Colin Ward | ... |
Jake Gimble
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson | ... |
Nurse Ruth
(as La Tanya Richardson)
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Jennifer Dundas | ... |
Nurse Nancy Jo
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William Cameron | ... |
Pellerman
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Until about the age of 7, Lorenzo Odone was a normal child. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves in the hope of discovering something which can halt the progress of the disease. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
The directors with real master-level technique are few and far between. Great technique does not, all on its own, make a film great, but it can certainly make it watchable, and all of George Miller's movies are at least that.
The really interesting thing about Miller is that he's not a film school graduate. In fact, he's a medical doctor. What he knows about how to make movies is clearly the product of an intuitive approach, not an academic's. You can feel Miller's passion for filmmaking in pretty much every shot.
This film displays Miller's virtuosity with the camera and editing far better than any of the Mad Max films, because the setting here is "normal" and therefore less distracting. And check out the performances he gets -- not a false note in the entire piece by anybody.
Can't wait for Fury Road.