I second your thoughts with sadness when I think about the miriads of great
past films discovered here, noir or not noir, crime or not...Most of the
good ones¹ are nowadays rare in between and/or either not distributed or
confined to TV appearances with so little fanfare that drown¹em in the
adolescent conformity mixer...Once in a while shines a nasty light though,
just like at the entrance of Deadwood...
Montois
On 3/17/09 9:10 AM, "decastro3" <decastro3@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> > Let me follow up my own post to say that what I'm missing in most if not
>> all American films of recent years is tranquility, deliberateness. It looks
>> like they are trying to appeal to impressionable teenagers with a lot of
>> gimmicks, explosions, shooting and noise. Hollywood needs to calm down.
>> They're mostly hysterical.
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>> > Best,
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>> > mrt
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> Your thoughts echo some of my own feelings on film today. Have you seen
> FROZEN RIVER, starring HOMICIDE's (TV) Melissa Leo? I thought it was an
> excellent crime film. It's about two women living on the edge of financial
> ruin, who take to trafficing illegal immigrants over the US/Canadian border.
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