The Black Dahila

Author: Mike O
Date: 14-Sep-2006, 2:10 PM

Author: Mike O
Time: 14-Sep-2006 2:10 PM
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DePalma and Ellroy, sounds like a match made in heaven. Thoughts?

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Author: THX
Time: 27-Sep-2006 1:13 PM
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Should've been. Wasn't.

BTW, it's "Dahlia."

Author: Mike O
Time: 27-Sep-2006 5:03 PM
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WOW, the reviews for this are bad. I thought it was disjointed and miscast, and I could name many, many better films, but I didn't think it was that bad. Interesting to see that DePalma mostly stayed away from his "look at me, I'm Hitchcock" stuff, with the exception of starwell sequence. I'm going to go watch L.A. Confidential now. That's how its supposed to be done.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author: THX
Time: 4-Oct-2006 4:52 PM
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Chinatown is how it's supposed to be done.

Author: Mike O
Time: 4-Oct-2006 5:11 PM
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Originally posted by: THX
Chinatown is how it's supposed to be done.

An absolute masterpiece and of the finest films that the cinema has ever produced without question. Robert Towne's screenplay is nothing short of brilliant. L.A. Confidential is excellent as well, however.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author: THX
Time: 4-Oct-2006 8:56 PM
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Chinatown > L.A. Confidential > The Black Dahlia

Author: Mike O
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:56 AM
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You know, I've never read any of Ellroy's work. I really should. I've heard nothing but good things about it.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author: THX
Time: 6-Oct-2006 2:01 PM
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I'm going to read the book to see where Josh Friedman went wrong.