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• Jan 03, 2007 6:31:01 PM CST

  Is he really making Untouchable 2

  by moviepirate

  Just asking
  

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• Jan 03, 2007 8:12:53 PM CST

  Not a good sign...,

  by pound sand

  Usually, anything Depalma gets the boards totally frothy. Must have worn out his geek-cred after all.

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  Content Usually, anything Depalma gets the boards totally frothy. Must have worn out his geek-cred after all.

• Jan 03, 2007 10:22:17 PM CST

  Phantom of the Paradise is so goddamn good...

  by danielkurland

  Everything about it. I've recently become a huge De Palma fan, caught up on a lot of his stuff (although I still can't find Obsession) and this is good news to me.

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  Content Everything about it. I've recently become a huge De Palma fan, caught up on a lot of his stuff (although I still can't find Obsession) and this is good news to me.

• Jan 03, 2007 10:48:59 PM CST

  Black Dahlia was underrated

  by osmosis jones

  Certainly no Chinatown or L.A. Confidential, but it didn't deserve the scorn it received. Some excellent De Palma setpieces in there, plus a superb Mark Isham score.

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  Content Certainly no Chinatown or L.A. Confidential, but it didn't deserve the scorn it received. Some excellent De Palma setpieces in there, plus a superb Mark Isham score.

• Jan 04, 2007 4:21:53 AM CST

  Torture Porn?

  by godoffireinhell

  I like the bit about how this movie might "anticipate" snuff films. Definitely gonna check this one out!

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  Content I like the bit about how this movie might "anticipate" snuff films. Definitely gonna check this one out!

• Jan 04, 2007 7:06:57 AM CST

  Black Dahlia was the nail in DePalma's coffin

  by spandau belly

  I understand that this DePalma bloke has shown some skill in films that just didn't come together as a whole, but Dalhia took the cake in solidifying him as a director to avoid. I read the book and only the first half made sense because after that they started a whole new story so that they could avoid all the stuff in Mexico. The wacky scene where the cops choose to chuck Lee's corpse in the furnace instead of giving him a proper burial was the where the total WTF factor began for me.I saw it with two people who had not read the book and they said it made no sense right off the bat. The film never explained anybody's motivations and every scene was a 30 conflict and then cut to the next rushed scene. They barely even featured the Dahlia case at all and focussed more on the love triangles, which is wierd for a movie called 'The Black Dahlia'. My nominee for worst film of the year and worst adaptation of all time.

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  Content I understand that this DePalma bloke has shown some skill in films that just didn't come together as a whole, but Dalhia took the cake in solidifying him as a director to avoid. I read the book and only the first half made sense because after that they started a whole new story so that they could avoid all the stuff in Mexico. The wacky scene where the cops choose to chuck Lee's corpse in the furnace instead of giving him a proper burial was the where the total WTF factor began for me.<br><br>I saw it with two people who had not read the book and they said it made no sense right off the bat. The film never explained anybody's motivations and every scene was a 30 conflict and then cut to the next rushed scene. They barely even featured the Dahlia case at all and focussed more on the love triangles, which is wierd for a movie called 'The Black Dahlia'. My nominee for worst film of the year and worst adaptation of all time.

• Jan 04, 2007 8:10:42 AM CST

  Gatchaman Phantom!!!

  by ladracul

  I actually have yet to see "The Funhouse" in its entirety. Anyway, POTP has totally inspired me to write my own (As if you all didn't know already) though a different kind of anime influence (Elegant Gothic Lolita and Visual Kei) is prevalent and is more closer to the book. And the lovely Noel Fielding would be Phantom, looking like he had been in Dir En Grey or Malice Mizer. And as an homage, I'd have him in a battle damage Gatchaman Phantom outfit for one scene. Anyone agree with me on the Gatchaman thing? That's probably WHY they made an action figure of him in Japan...

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  Content I actually have yet to see "The Funhouse" in its entirety. Anyway, POTP has totally inspired me to write my own (As if you all didn't know already) though a different kind of anime influence (Elegant Gothic Lolita and Visual Kei) is prevalent and is more closer to the book. And the lovely Noel Fielding would be Phantom, looking like he had been in Dir En Grey or Malice Mizer. And as an homage, I'd have him in a battle damage Gatchaman Phantom outfit for one scene. Anyone agree with me on the Gatchaman thing? That's probably WHY they made an action figure of him in Japan...

• Jan 04, 2007 10:59:11 AM CST

  Oh wait, I forgot to explain who Noel is...

  by ladracul

  For all those non-Brits and people that don't watch BBC America, he's one half of "The Mighty Boosh", the glam boy who plays a lot of weirdos. Thus, perfect. And here he is, with professional screwup Courtney Love- http://tinyurl.com/uz3u3

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  Content For all those non-Brits and people that don't watch BBC America, he's one half of "The Mighty Boosh", the glam boy who plays a lot of weirdos. Thus, perfect. And here he is, with professional screwup Courtney Love- http://tinyurl.com/uz3u3

• Jan 04, 2007 4:35:55 PM CST

  Spandau Belly you ignorant slut!

  by condomwrapper

  The most interesting aspect of The Black Dahlia was how little DePalma cared for investigating the murder for favor of studying the complex relationships between the characters. I guess that ship went right over your head. And how could Tthe Black Dahlia be "the nail in DePalma's coffin" when his previous film Femme Fatale ranks among his best work? The Black Dahlia will one day get the respect it deserves...

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  Content The most interesting aspect of The Black Dahlia was how little DePalma cared for investigating the murder for favor of studying the complex relationships between the characters. I guess that ship went right over your head. And how could Tthe Black Dahlia be "the nail in DePalma's coffin" when his previous film Femme Fatale ranks among his best work? The Black Dahlia will one day get the respect it deserves...

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