Re: Unreliable narrator & other _Mortal Thoughts_
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 18:26:24 +0800
I think the success of The Usual Suspects (which was a film I enjoyed the first
few
times I've watched it but I'm momentarily suspending aesthetic judgment for the
moment) could have something to do with the post-Pulp Fiction rise of what we
may
call gangster chic films (what some other critics call neo-noir). The Usual
Suspects
came in the midst of this craze, and I think this was also around the start of
the
so-called mainstreaming of the independent film, a point which supposedly
reached
its apex during the Academy Awards ceremony which saw Oscars for The English
Patient, Shine, etc. Of course, these films are strictly not as independent as
they
are (were) purported to be, but that's another debate, I think.
Andrew
> Subject: Re: Unreliable narrator & other _Mortal Thoughts_
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:06:14 -0700
> From: "Edward R. O'Neill" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> SNIP!
> But then what should one make of the relative success of the
> latter film over the former?
>
> Sincerely,
> Edward R. O'Neill
> UCLA
> General Education Program
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