Edmond is not for the easily offended or the faint-of-heart. On Amazon, there are two kinds of reviews: (1) this is worse than crap, and (2) this is the most sublime cinema.  It's a polarizing kind of movie.  Somewhere I read that it's "controversial and provocative."  I agree and can appreciate those qualities.

It's written by David Mamet, an American playwright and screen writer responsible for movies such as Glengarry Glen Ross.  That was my first exposure to Mamet.  I was smitten.  I particularly like the words he chooses ... what has become known as Mametspeak.  Mamet's dialogue sparkles like a diamond that is just about to cut you.  Sparkly and dangerous.

Other Mamet movies that I love are Spartan, Heist, State and Main, Wag the Dog, American Buffalo, and House of Games.

Edmond isn't always pleasant to watch, because it's not supposed to be.  It's difficult to empathize with the characters, because they are unlikable.  At times, the movie made me very uncomfortable, which I suspect was on purpose.  These things don't make a movie bad.

[photo taken 1-10-2007 in Philadelphia]