Re: RE : RARA-AVIS: Re: movie remakes

From: William Ahearn ( williamahearn@yahoo.com)
Date: 17 Feb 2008


--- JIM DOHERTY < jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I liked THE UNTOUCHABLES. Historical hogwash, but
> marvelously entertaining.
>
And that is completely understandable. My problem with De Palma is that he's a schlock director. Every film buff's viewing needs some schlock and some of it is immensely entertaining. It's when people start comparing him to the directors he's "inspired" by, I take umbrage with it. Yes, talk about film needs to be un-snobbed but that shouldn't open the door to every imitative hack who ever made a film to be taken seriously.

William

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