To be fair, just about everyone in The Black Dahlia was
terribly miscast. Hartnett and Johannsen were out of their
respective depths and Hillary Swank is a good actress, but
she has zero sex appeal, making her wrong for her role as
well.
On Feb 18, 2008 12:09 AM, Jeff Vorzimmer <
jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> >I think the actors in The Black Dahlia did a
fine job embarrassing
> > themselves. I wouldn't place all the blame on
DePalma.
>
> I think maybe I would. DePalma just seems to bring
out the worst
> performance
> in actors. It's as if they put on their B-movie
acts. I avoid DePalma
> movies
> when I can. Somethimes I'll start watching a movie
on TV not knowing it's
> DePalma--this happened as recently as a couple of
days ago--and saying
> something to myself like I don't remember Nicolas
Cage being quite this bad
> an actor. Then I realize that all the actors are
turning in lousy
> performances and then there's the bad Hitchcock
shots and cuts and then it
> starts smelling like a DePalma flick and I flip the
channel. Don't think
> I've ever seen one all the way through.
>
> Jeff
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