Dolores Park |
Workaholic advertising
executive Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) learns to relax by spending time at
Dolores Park with dying honey Charleze Theron in the hard-to-watch 2001
remake of Sweet November. Reeves and Theron have little chemistry
and the script by Kurt Voelker is a cut-and-paste from Lifetime movies
on TV. City locations like Farley's on
Potrero Hill are a good distraction from the story. Sweet November does a better job of depicting Keanu's office life, with realistic ad world references.
Most filmmakers with characters who work in advertising figure if they
mention fonts once or twice they've nailed it. A detail: When Theron and
Reeves meet at the overpass along the J-Line
at Dolores Park, director Pat O'Connor chose to conceal the statue on the
east side of the bridge with a makeshift greenhouse. The statue is that
of Miguel Hidalgo, the Mexican revolutionary
who was executed at Chihuahua in 1811.
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