Traffic explores the complicated interrelationships of a host of people caught up in various aspects of this international "drug war," from users to suppliers to law enforcement personnel to military professionals, many of whom have secret lives which spill out into the unfolding stories as the film progresses. Michael Douglas heads an all star cast in 'Traffic'.Īs perhaps should be clear from the recent tragic headlines of United States citizens gunned down in drug ravished Tijuana, the effects of illicit activity spiral out of control in often unexpected ways, affecting people on both sides of the border, sometimes fatally. If the traffic at issue has nothing to do with automobiles and freeways, the journey of these disparate (and sometimes desperate) characters is at the core of one of the most riveting dramas in recent years, one that justly brought director Steven Soderbergh a well deserved Oscar. That said, Traffic does bear a certain similarity to the Oscar winning Best Picture of a few years ago, including a convoluted plot featuring interwoven characters, some of whom never meet. Luckily, discretion prevailed and we're still happily married. I felt like repeating the same joke when she purchased me the SD-DVD of Traffic a few years ago, intent on asking her if it were the prequel to Crash. When I informed her of my perhaps lame attempt at humor, she was less than amused, shall we say. She asked me what it was about, and of course (of course!) I replied in a scholarly tone, "It's the prequel to The Elephant Man," which she readily accepted as fact, despite the VHS slipcase featuring a picture of Sabu riding atop a pachyderm. As you may guess of someone who loves film as much as I do, I have a rather large home video collection, and Betsy was going through my (then VHS) stacks one day and came across the venerable 1937 Alexander Korda epic The Elephant Boy.
I still giggle over a little joke I played once on my wife, then my girlfriend, which she frankly doesn't find all that funny (you married guys will understand). Senses of humor are among the most subjective things we come pre-wired with as human beings. Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, April 24, 2010 Steven Soderbergh's dense, multi-layered film is an undisputed masterpiece.
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