Well, so, OK, does this mean that if someone (well, say, me)
esteems Altman as the greatest American film director, and
finds certain comments and lines of analysis "offensive" in
their approach to Altman, that I would be justified in
consigning that offender to the pits of Hades? This sort of
argument can cut both ways, you know.
Besides, if Chandler is that great himself (no argument from
me there), then certainly he should be able to withstand any
kind of insult. Consider the sins (if they be sins) that have
been committed against Shakespeare in the name of adaptation
and updating. A purist could have issued a fatwa against
Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and
Jerome Robbins for the "sacrilege" against "Romeo and Juliet"
that is "West Side Story." But Shakespeare seems to have
survived just fine (and so, for that matter, has the
brilliant "West Side Story").
It could be that Altman's apparent disrespect for Chandler is
actually a mark of the highest respect -- a riff on a the
work of a fellow master. That's certainly what I think.
Cheekily, Mark Harris
On 12/3/07, JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Kevin,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "But I'm not sure, with all the likely candidates
out
> there in crime fiction, that Altman's the
best
> candidate for a quick trip south. All he did was
make
> a movie Jim didn't like."
>
> It was more than just my disliking it. I found
it
> offensive in its approach to Chandler.
>
> Anyway, what makes you think that making a movie
I
> don't like isn't enough? Are you forgetting that
I'm
> more infallible than the Pope?
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
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