In a message dated 9/11/06 11:24:52 AM,
buildsnburns@yahoo.com writes:
> I didn't even know this film would exist a
month
> ago, and I thought it was pretty interesting
that
> two retro-noir films would be out at the
same
> time--THE BLACK DAHLIA opens next
weekend.
>
> Most reviews said that the acting was
teriffic.
> I'm not sure. Maybe, but it was hard to get
past
> an absolutely terrible script.
>
> It was funcitionally two movies. One about
the
> life of George Reeves, TV's Superman, and
the
> other about the PI, who got involved for the
cash
> and stayed, even when the woman how hired
him
> backed out, because he felt a compulsion to
prove
> it a murder. (The client was Reeve's
mother.)
>
> The story offers not one solution to
Reeve's
> death but three, or was it four?
>
> The personal story of the PI was too
burdened
> with the PI's personal life, ex-wife, son
who
> loves/hates him, etc.
>
> THE BLACK DAHLIA must be better.
>
couldn't disagree with you more, Jack. saw an advance
screening a week ago and have been haunted by it to this day.
terrific performances by fine actors playing tragic
characters. and it very much captures the pitiless nature of
"Hollywood" the idea, and how it chews up and spits out
people's dreams. I found it a terrific and organic blend of
Chinatown and Sunset Boulevard, two of my favorite films.
they do present 3 theories, in a linear fashion, as the
fictional detective considers them. but in deciding which
theory the hero believes, and it is clear in the storytelling
which one this is, is where the ultimate tragedy lies and
what gives the film its power
John Lau
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