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	Limbo - Filmkritik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wie in Sayles' Film City of Hope (1990) schwebt die Kamera in Limbo durch den ersten Teil der Geschichte und erfasst hie und da eine Konversation, einen Blick oder eine Bewegung, ohne uns wissen zu lassen, um wen oder was es ihr wirklich geht.
		Limbo ist allein deswegen ein interessanter Film (wenn auch nicht Sayles' bester), weil er die bekannten erzählerischen Konventionen mit Geschick umgeht und immer wieder unerwartete Wendungen einbaut.
		Limbo ist kein einfacher Film, jedoch ein Segen für die philosophisch geneigten, für die der halbe Spass in der Diskussion nach dem Film liegt.
	www.cineman.ch /movie/1999/Limbo (533 words)

	Total Film - Limbo
		And the good news is that Limbo, which unusually for Sayles was financed by a major studio, is perhaps his riskiest work to date.
		Suddenly Limbo becomes a tale of desperate survival, with the three central characters adrift on an inhospitable island and facing the horrifying prospect that there may not be any rescuers.
		Limbo includes superb acting from Strathairn and Mastrantonio (who proves a highly accomplished lounge-bar singer) and confident shooting from cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
	www.totalfilm.com /cinema_reviews/limbo (465 words)

	Splendid E-zine: Departments: &: Broccardo on Film
		In all of his films, Sayles has the keen ability to capture ideas and voices and present them in film as both a running commentary on human beings and as a compelling story.
		Surrounding this love affair between Joe and Donna and the uneasy relationship between Noelle and her mother, is, as in all Sayles films, a healthy set of supporting stories that color in the backdrop of the locale and community.
		Magnolia, Limbo and The Dreamlife of Angels all leave questions in the viewer at their close, but Magnolia is so brilliantly designed that it seems like those questions are a boon.
	www.splendidezine.com /departments/&/magnolia.html (2171 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| "Limbo" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Limbo, in some Christian theologies, is the place between heaven and hell, a permanent state of suspension.
		As the film starts, its brokenhearted, small-town Alaskan characters are getting older and further removed from the pasts that haunt them, but they're unable to move forward into any kind of satisfying future.
		The first half of the film leisurely examines the deterioration and possible salvation of the soul in a once-glorious, rapidly disintegrating landscape.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/1999/06/04/limbo?CP=SAL&DN=110 (1169 words)

	Reader reviews of Limbo
		Limbo is defined as the dwelling place of lost souls, or as a place where a person is in an uncertain condition.
		In the end of the film, because the three characters have become a family, they realize that, in order to survive, they will have to take the risk of standing on the shore and waiting for whomever is in the plane.
		LIMBO was a character-driven movie because by the end of the film you know the characters well.
	www.tnmc.org /ind/limbo.html (784 words)

	Limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alaska is a land caught in a state of limbo.
		Limbo is somewhat slow paced, but not boring (even though the average film goer may think so).
		But it is a film that works hard to come across on different levels, which is succeeds at.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/limbo.html (417 words)

	Flak Magazine: Review of Limbo, 6-23-99
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Limbo is one of the most Saylesian of John Sayles' films, and your opinion of him as a filmmaker is going to be the deciding factor as to whether his latest picture is worth your time.
		Limbo, a portrait of a city in decline that improbably transforms into a Swiss Family Robinson redux, is definitely for the "A"s.
	www.flakmag.com /film/limbo.html (432 words)

	Film Review: LIMBO
		The basic plot of his new film Limbo clearly embodies that film-making ethos: the first half of the film opens out with a broad panoramic view of the inhabitants of a bleak Alaskan fishing town, where the run-down former industries are starkly contrasted with the trite marketing of the tourist trade.
		Just as the first part of the film anticipates the later crises with reference to the threat from the natural elements, and from the dangers of ruthless profiteering, so the later drama somehow brings out qualities in the main characters (both good and bad) which were already latent in the early scenes.
		Limbo is a film about the ‘big questions’ in life but wears its baggage lightly.Finally, I’ve read elsewhere that the ending of the film is a disappointment.
	www.dailyinfo.co.uk /reviews/film/limbo.htm (414 words)

	Limbo Movie Review by Anthony Leong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This non-mainstream-friendly film, in which most of the dialogue was in Spanish and various aboriginal tongues, explored the unexpected social turmoil caused by Western civilization and progress.
		At this point in the film, it appears that Sayles is about to illustrate the dynamics of the community through the relationships between his three principal characters, in a similar fashion to the theme-driven "Lone Star" and "City of Hope".
		"Limbo" is a film that dwells on 'unexpected outcomes', and true to this thematic subtext, Sayles has deliberately structured his film in a most unexpected manner.
	members.aol.com /aleong1631/limbo.html (1102 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Limbo review
		Limbo has a wonderfully organic feel to it, in no small part due to the terrific acting of the three leads in this film, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Straithairn, and young newcomer Vanessa Martinez.
		While on the surface this film seems a survival thriller, that is somewhat incidental.
		The anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio for Limbo is 1.78:1 and this is one of the most natural presentations I have ever seen.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/limbo.htm (524 words)

	Limbo_Limbo
		After encountering gridlock on the highway to Heaven and Hell, a recently deceased grifter attempts to work his way down the ladder by corrupting an innocent soul on earth.
		Limbo Lounge is a whimsical comedy about Silas, a recently deceased grifter, encounters gridlock on the highway to Heaven and Hell and winds up in Limbo.
		There, Silas meets Anya, his old flame, who offers him a fast-track to the 'good life' by working his way down the ladder.
	gambitfilms.com /Limbo/Limbo.HTM (117 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Limbo at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As with his previous film, Lone Star (1996), which was set in a tiny Texas border town, Limbo is on the edge of civilization, where wilderness and wildness run hand in hand.
		The film documents a changing Alaska, from the closing of a large salmon cannery and the decline of commercial fishing to the proliferation of the bed-and-breakfast tourist industry.
		Limbo's storytelling, a thread which runs throughout the movie, draws richly from the local fishing culture, where tall tales (some true, some just tall) are told nightly around the bar.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-6CE-44DE051-386162F4-prod1 (677 words)

	Film Scouts Reviews: Limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		Soon, Donna and her daughter join Joe on a fishing expedition, but things go terribly wrong when Joe's half-brother turns up and reveals he is the target of killers after a drug deal gone bad.
		So accurate, in fact, and so very literal, that some viewers may leave frustrated, as did those at a recent screening who were heard to curse at the screen as the credits rolled.
	www.filmscouts.com /scripts/review.cfm?File=limbo (263 words)

	The State News - Family spends movie in ‘Limbo’ - Friday, Nov. 19, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Independent film has come into its own recently, and the newest film from acclaimed director John Sayles is no exception.
		He photographs the wilderness of Alaska and the small town in which the film is set with affection and an astonishing eye.
		The film has a small-town atmosphere, an emphasis on relationships and a thrilling ending, as the three characters intensify the bonds that hold them together.
	www.statenews.com /editions/111999/ms_limbo.html (587 words)

	Limbo
		A couple of decades ago Jimmy Cliff sang "Sitting right here in limbo, waiting for the dice to roll." The feeling of waiting for your life to begin again is becoming more universal in a world where the individual shrinks from the landscape as the population explodes exponentially.
		In LIMBO, John Sayles captures this peculiar dislocation in subtle shades of anxiety and angst, with an edge of suspense and a surprising ending that is both ingenious and frustrating.
		Sayles' films take the time to develop characters and plot in a manner largely ignored by most contemporary filmmakers, which ultimately is the reason he has been this country's most marketable independent, and most ignored by the PR departments at large movie studios.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Limbo/limbo.html (961 words)

	DVD Times - Limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The film continues as a Robert Altmanesque ensemble piece, where we are introduced to a wide range of characters and their interrelationships.
		The remainder of the film is virtually a three-hander between Joe, Donna and Noelle as they struggle to survive on a remote island.
		Limbo is a must-see for fans of Sayles’s work in particular, and anyone who likes bold, ambitious cinema.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12462 (1314 words)

	Limbo (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Casting his friend (and movie veteran) David Strathairn as an Alaskan fisherman with an emotional crisis is one of the film's many pluses.
		Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is also good as a bar singer (she sings pretty well too) hauling her teenage daughter (Vanessa Martinez, very good in her debut) through gig after gig.
		The film also has some thriller elements; but, this of course, is Sayles, who wisely pushes for character development and dialogue ladened with truth.
	www.imdb.com /Title?0164085 (349 words)

	LIMBO
		According to the dictionary, "Limbo" is defined as "the abode of just or innocent souls excluded from the beatific vision but not condemned to further punishment," "a region or condition of oblivion or neglect," "a state or place of confinement," and/or "an intermediate place or state."
		Described by a diary passage found in director John Sayles intriguing film of the same title, limbo isn't heaven, it's too cold to be hell, and certainly isn't purgatory because there's no end to it.
		No matter the definition, that limbo theme permeates Sayles' film, from the richly drawn characters and their lives to an unresolved ending that may leave audiences perplexed and/or irritated, but ultimately is in keeping with the film's overall nature.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1999/limbo.html (2805 words)

	CityBeat: Declaration of Independence (1999-06-24)
		Sayles' films, from 1979's Return of the Secaucus Seven, a story about the reunion of a group of '60s activists to his 1988 baseball drama about the 1919 World Series bribery scandal, Eight Men Out, are naturalistic dramas of surprising complexity.
		Sayles' films crisscross the country from the backwoods of West Virginia (Matewan) to a Texas border town (Lone Star).
		Limbo is a beautiful film, although its "look" owes nothing to special effects.
	www.citybeat.com /1999-06-24/film2.shtml (1189 words)

	REVIEW: A "Limbo" of its Own: Sayles Straddles Two Worlds
		Yet "Limbo" quickly and surprisingly turns into an unusual exercise for Sayles, as a frantic narrative situation emerges, and the characters face problems that transcend personal sadness and community conflict.
		"Limbo" begins as an ensemble piece, painting a portrait of a rural village struggling to find middle ground between the economic need for change and the passionate desire of its citizens to keep things as they've always been.
		The film's strange progression, from a strictly "Sayles-ian" character piece, to something that resembles a "lost in the woods" film, is a little hard to swallow.
	www.indiewire.com /movies/rev_990618_Limbo.html (648 words)

	New Statesman: Fishing reel FILM. - Review - movie review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The dictionary definition of "limbo" on the poster of John Sayles's film of that name is "a place of arrested possibilities; a condition of uneasiness or apprehension".
		Limbo is very much about apprehension and suspension -- which is something more radically unsettling than the traditional suspense you might be expecting.
		Simple as it is, Limbo is a film so richly complex that Sayles is almost obliged to pull in his net before it all spins out of control.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4470_129/ai_59810500 (881 words)

	Review: Limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He is one of the few film makers with a lengthy resume who hasn't directed a bad motion picture, and he never stops taking risks or seeking new sources of inspiration.
		For a while, Limbo seems like it might be a slow-burning romance and tale of redemption, but, as is often the case, Sayles takes his audience in unexpected directions (unexpected because they defy comfortable, traditional narrative routes).
		Limbo could accurately be described as a thriller, although it's slower moving than most films pigeonholed into that genre.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/l/limbo.html (940 words)

	Limbo Movie Review
		Sayles' new film LIMBO presented me with the same initial frustration, and the same determination to find the one piece that would turn the merely intriguing into the truly brilliant.
		For half the film, LIMBO sets a tentative romance against a backdrop of civilization trying to claim one of the few remaining frontiers, even as residents who should know better keep searching for a predictability that just isn't there.
		John Sayles' films are always comparative pleasures in the bigger picture of filmmaking, with their smart dialogue and attention to human detail.
	www.killermovies.com /l/limbo/reviews/app.html (686 words)

	Film Review: Limbo
		The film is so cleverly constructed, you are not aware of the trap until you are in it and the performances have a strength that cuts through pretence to where reaction evokes deep feelings, building upon layers of experiece.
		Mastrantonio has a great singing voice and a repertoire of foxy smiles, while Martinez, who made her debut in Lone Star, conveys the negativity of a girl who has learnt to live with lies beautifully.
		Films out now: March Of The Penguins, After Midnight, Crying Fist, Calvaire, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Scorched, Lower City, Doom
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/l/limbo_r2_1999.shtml (407 words)

	Limbo (R, 1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Limbo begins by introducing us to Joe Gastineau (David Strathairn), a local resident who seems to be carrying a lot of emotional baggage, and Donna DeAngelo (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), a singer who's been jumping from gig to gig, and from boyfriend to boyfriend, for years.
		This is precisely why the second half of Limbo doesn't work: its characters (and their creator, John Sayles) are clearly much more intelligent than the mundane plot that eventually takes over the film.
		For the first sixty minutes or so, Limbo was on its way to being one of the best films of the year, and even the latter half could have been good in another context.
	members.aol.com /ReviewsKTP/limbo.html (840 words)

	Film Production :: Limbo Films, Portland Oregon
		Limbo films has built a wide ranging reputation for being an effective and trustworthy film production company.
		Film production inherently is a business of countless details, circumstances and decisions that demands experienced directors and producers to manage and create the film or video that is dreamed of.
		Selecting from a multitude of film and video formats, including 35mm, 16mm, HD, and 24P, Limbo is able to address each client specifically in a way that matches budget, deadline, and end use to best suit each project.
	www.limbofilms.com /film_production.html (168 words)

	Film & TV: Limbo (Austin Chronicle . 06-14-99)
		Each character is looking not for the proverbial last chance, but for a moment of grace in which the weight of past baggage will lift temporarily from their shoulders.
		It is, of course, another kind of limbo, wondering whether the characters will succumb to the ravages of nature or the perfidy of mankind.
		It's possible at this point to intellectually appreciate the ideas that Sayles seems to be putting forth, but this latter half of the movie undeniably pales in comparison to the riches of the first half.
	weeklywire.com /ww/06-14-99/austin_screens_film6.html (462 words)

	Limbo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His films do double duty as left-wing evocations of place, a social history of a particular milieu, and melodrama about the people who are trapped within them, carefully noting the places where the two overlap.
		The film, which was moving slowly to begin with, comes to a complete halt here; while it attempts suspense by wondering whether it will be friend or foe who finds them, the behavior on the island is monotonous and totally out of sync with the rest of the film.
		Limbo flies off of its axis in these scenes, as we have found ourselves go from a Renoir- like examination of a social microcosm to a film of barely-delineated private issues as the days go by without rescue.
	www.daysofthunder.net /limb.htm (1134 words)

	MovieMusicals.net - Index.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The film is to star Beyonce Knowles as "Deena Jones," Eddie Murphy as "James Early," Jamie Foxx as "Curtis Taylor," and Anika Noni Rose as "Lorrell Robinson."
		Michael Musto of the Village Voice brings word that a film adaptation of the stage musical, which in turn was adapted from the original 1997 film, is planned.
		In 2003, a TV musical of this cult film and Broadway show was planned for Fox, with Marilyn Manson starring as 'Frank 'N' Furter' and Michael Hurst as 'Riff-Raff.' Nothing further on the project has since surfaced.
	www.moviemusicals.net /status.html (1411 words)

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