Rob Caravaggio Commentaries

A conflict resolution specialistRC-2012-108: High Fidelity (2000) Your browser does not support this audioLook, conflict resolution is my job, so on this commentary track for High Fidelity, I'm once and for all resolving the question of whether this quasi-classic Cusack joint is, at bottom, a movie about loving cool music or a merely love movie with cool music in it. (I never answer this, but the former seems far more interesting, does it not?) Aside from marveling at how well the film gets away with Cusack's fourth-wall demolition job, I analyze how the essence of Hornby's novel was preserved despite the story being Americanized, and I get down and dirty thinking out loud about how refreshing it was back in 2000 to see a romantic comedy that did something unexpected with the tiresome sub-genre. You know, by being genuinely romantic and comedic. Does Catherine Zeta-Jones belong in this movie? And speaking of casting, did you know that within High Fidelity we have the best template ever for the use of this th