--- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Okay, if I'm over the top, who do YOU think is
a
> "serious" living US mainstream director? Outside
of
> Allen, I can't think of one. The rest make films
for
> money. Allen makes money despite the intelligence
of
> his films.
>
So we admire Allen because he's an idiot-savant? If Sidney
Lumet made Before The Devil Knows You're Dead for money and
the Coen Brothers made No Country For Old Men to expend their
ever-widening influence on the culture, then they're back
alley whores selling their souls for trinkets while Woody
Allen is an auteur for cranking out self-indulgent, neurotic
drivel because of the art of it all? Is that what's got you
down, bunkie? Hell, what do you think came out of Hollywood
for all these years? Your question is framed unfairly. I
think the age of the American director is long gone. Since
Lumet is obviously a paid bitch of corporate interests, let's
take the Coen Brothers. And frankly, I'm not big fan of them
either. But how can you dismiss them for doing quirky,
off-beat flicks? You may find intelligence in his
name-dropping copy but I don't.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with
Yahoo! Search.
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 23 Feb 2008 EST