Reply #7: I think it's, as another poster mentioned, the emotionlessness of them. [View All]

[jane_pippin]

And even that I can appreciate to a certain extent. I like the characters, I like the strangeness, I like the style, but someone else pointed out that they don't really "say" anything. And that's ok--I don't necessarily need a film to say something to like it. I think that just might be it. Because then you can, if you want to think of it that way, say that the absence of that "thing to say" can itself be a thing said. Hmmm...I think that's it.

Down by Law is on DVD now, by the way. There's a really nice edition--2 disc set, I believe--that has all kinds of great extras. The boyfriend is a huge fan so he bought that.