The Black Dahlia really ought to be a lot better. The film’s problems vary from the slight to the significant, but for some reason, the James Ellroy plot keeps things going. The film ends on a problem too, which makes writing about it immediately following a pea in the bed–and the last act is a […]
Entries Tagged as 'Brian De Palma'
The Black Dahlia (2006, Brian De Palma)
March 12th, 2008 No Comments
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990, Brian De Palma)
November 26th, 2007 No Comments
It’s amazing anyone could screw up The Bonfire of the Vanities–and I’m only making that statement based on the movie and the material in it (never having read the book)–but if anyone was going to do it, adapter Michael Cristofer is the one to do it. When the movie started–it has a beautiful opening title […]
Blow Out (1981, Brian De Palma)
October 23rd, 2007 No Comments
If one were to, empirically, examine the films of the 1990s and onward to the present, he or she might be inclined to not believe in Blow Out. Literally, not believe such a film could exist. Not only does Brian De Palma’s remake of Blowup work, it succeeds… partially because of De Palma’s script (here’s […]
