Chronic
by Eric Hillis
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Tim Roth has had a career of
peaks and troughs. He burst onto
the scene in the UK in the early
1980s, working with such British
cinema legends as Alan Clarke
(Made in Britain), Mike Leigh
(Meantime) and Stephen Frears
(The Hit) before quietly disappearing into TV obscurity. A decade later his career was revived
by a new wave of US indie filmmakers, led by Tarantino, making
Roth one of the key acting figures
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of ‘90s cinema. The 21st century
hasn’t been so kind to the actor,
with roles in turkeys like Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, Grace
of Monaco, and the FIFA lovefest United Passions. In recent
interviews Roth has freely admitted to taking roles purely for the
money, and who can blame him?
But with Mexican director Michel
Franco’s Chronic, the appeal was
certainly beyond the financial.
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