In a message dated 2/23/08 1:56:34 PM,
williamahearn@yahoo.com writes:
> So we admire Allen because he's an idiot-savant?
If
> Sidney Lumet made Before The Devil Knows You're
Dead
> for money and the Coen Brothers made No Country
For
> Old Men to expend their ever-widening influence on
the
> culture, then they're back alley whores selling
their
> souls for trinkets while Woody Allen is an auteur
for
> cranking out self-indulgent, neurotic drivel
because
> of the art of it all? Is that what's got you
down,
> bunkie? Hell, what do you think came out of
Hollywood
> for all these years? Your question is framed
unfairly.
> I think the age of the American director is long
gone.
> Since Lumet is obviously a paid bitch of
corporate
> interests, let's take the Coen Brothers. And
frankly,
> I'm not big fan of them either. But how can
you
> dismiss them for doing quirky, off-beat flicks?
You
> may find intelligence in his name-dropping copy but
I
> don't.
>
excellent points. but tone, William. tone. we're in a
library
John Lau
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