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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Zeltserman"
<dz@...> wrote:
> > TLG did poorly at the box office
>
> As did Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, Wizard of Oz and
Casablanca when
> they came out. So what? If box office receipts are a
measure of how
> good a film is I guess Norbit is Oscar winning
material.
Well, never mistake an Academy Award for a mark of
distinction, at least for the entirety of a film
(particularly the "big" awards, such as best picture). THE
BLACK DAHLIA is a contender for best cinematography,
absolutely the only award this film could reasonably be
considered for (this kind of "technical" award is often
reasonably close to justice in the nomination and
awarding)...the film is the worst of its year among those I
saw, or close enough, otherwise. NORBIT might just be a
contender for makeup effects next year, probably the only
arena in which it deserves any credit. Dreck such as TITANIC
and CRASH regularly win the "major" prizes.
> > and was not well received by
critics.
>
> It's certainly being received well by critics
rediscovering it. Check
> out mrqe.com for recent reviews.
Well, John Simon rather liked it at the time. And he has
certainly been no pushover (full stop) for Altman's
films.
--Todd Mason, who thinks that PSYCHO the film is pretty
impressive (the original, not the misbegotten remake), just
not up to the novel. The novel and film STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
are a pretty close match, indeed.
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