It's hard to make a film set in Hollywood of the 40's and 50's without being compared to Roman Polanski's "Chinatown", the last film to pull it off brilliantly was Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential" so you have two great films to measure up to. Brian De Palma who either has hits or misses fails to live up the expectations with this beautifully shot film despite the good looking cast who also have to live up to the great actors of the previous films. The problem is the screenplay that's full of cliches and too far fetched to be believable. Josh Hartnett plays a detective who get entangled in a web of lies and deceptions on and off his job at the LA PD. Another problem is the over stylized look of the film, while a every frame is beautiful, it takes away from the authenticity of the story. In any case the story at the core about the mysterious and notorious murder gets lost that has to be told someday properly. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Black Dahlia
It's hard to make a film set in Hollywood of the 40's and 50's without being compared to Roman Polanski's "Chinatown", the last film to pull it off brilliantly was Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential" so you have two great films to measure up to. Brian De Palma who either has hits or misses fails to live up the expectations with this beautifully shot film despite the good looking cast who also have to live up to the great actors of the previous films. The problem is the screenplay that's full of cliches and too far fetched to be believable. Josh Hartnett plays a detective who get entangled in a web of lies and deceptions on and off his job at the LA PD. Another problem is the over stylized look of the film, while a every frame is beautiful, it takes away from the authenticity of the story. In any case the story at the core about the mysterious and notorious murder gets lost that has to be told someday properly. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
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