--- vagrantpacific <
pacificvagrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Did DePalma make anything that needed to be
made?
> >
> -- That needed to be made? What does this mean?
Are
> you trying to
> build a cannon of cinema? Or are you trying to
say
> that thrillers
> "need" to serve some sort of function other
than
> their thrills?
> Thrillers in both fiction and cinema serve
deep,
> deep needs, which is
> probably why they're so popular.
I'm saying that in my opinion DePalma's derivative,
semi-solid homages, generally suck as movies. It's that
simple.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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