RE: RARA-AVIS: Bold Statements Challenged

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 06 Sep 2010

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    I love(d) Eisner's The Spirit as well and was excited about the film. Needless to say, after seeing the trailer (and reading reviews) I was more than disappointed on a number of levels, not the least of which Patrick mentions below. Still haven't seen it, and have no plans to ever do so.

    Ron C.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of Patrick Kennedy
    > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 4:40 PM
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Bold Statements Challenged
    >
    > I certainly have to agree wholeheartedly with you there.  I loved the old
    'The
    > Spirit' '40s comic strip and am still recovering from how Miller missed
    not only
    > the bullseye but the entire essentaiily light hearted target with his
    cinematic
    > interpretation of that one.  Actually there was talk of Frank Miller
    directing
    > 'Trouble is My Business', a Chandler short story which didn't even have
    Marlowe
    > in it but now would for Miller's purposes.  That movie probably would have
    > turned out as some sort of over-the-top 'Sin City' Mickey Spillane rather
    than
    > Marlowe.  Subtle Miller ain't.
    > As for 'Gone with the Wind' being better known nowadays than 'The Big
    Sleep',
    > true, though I wish it were otherwise. 'Gone with the Wind', to risk
    another
    > bold statement, is possibly the most irritating famous and revered movie
    ever:
    > 'Dallas', but without the comedy or the oil wells.
    >
    > Patrick
    >
    >
    >
    > ________________________________
    > From: Kevin Burton Smith <kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com>
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Sent: Mon, 6 September, 2010 20:28:56
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Bold Statements Challenged
    >
    >
    >
    > Just keep Frank Miller away from it. And anyone who only "knows" Chandler
    from
    > film or TV adaptations.
    >
    > Kevin Burton Smith
    > Editor/Founder
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