I'm back again.
I liked Brian Thornton's review, and I might have seen it the
same way he did if the Simo Story had been the more obviously
the thrust of the film. It would have been better for the
Reeves back story to be left on the cutting room floor. I
think they were borrowing from this new technique in crime
TV, where the recreate what the investigator imagined must
have happened. I didn't like it on TV and I didn't like it
here.
Brian's comments on the relationship between Simo and ex are
right on target, but as the movie was set up they gave us a
choice of stories to care about rather than give us one the
we were supposed to care about and there just wasn't enough
of that to make the Simo story work for me.
I agree with his comments about the excellent acting of Bob
Hoskins.
It's interesting how people can see the same thing and come
to different conclusion. As example, the old Siskel and
Ebert. I usually agreed with Siskel and not with Ebert, but
if they both liked a movie, I usually liked it.
I was also interested in the comments here on THE BLACK
DAHLIA too. To Vicki's questions, I have no answers. There
were some things I missed too. The movie was visually so
stunning that I want to see it again and soon and I'll also
try to find some answers in the book, which I am now
rereading.
Jack Bludis
http://www.jackbludis.com
*Shadow of the Dahlia* available at
MysteryLovesCompany.com
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