> I think there is something new afoot here. It's an indicator, a >breakthrough >... or a breakdown ! The film to me was a morbid spectacle, like a gruesome >car accident that everyone has to slow down and look at, and I was >wondering if that was stones point [ HE had one, I assume] : Life has >become an out of control spectacle, with nothing but images, sounds and >senseless actions that have deadened our response even to brutal death. >The bit I liked the least were the inclusions at the end, of the OJ trial, >and I forget what else, I think Tanya, or Bobbitt or something : "If you >didn't get what I was saying, HERE IT IS !!!", was how I took it. I don't think it was good for the film or his intention but what I got from the current events montage at the end was that I have been paying way too much attention to such stuff. I watched the Bronco-fest (which is sort of denfensible) and I watched/listened to many of the news reports on the other events. However, after seeing that movie (which I enjoyed), I decided that it wasn't good for me. I didn't learn anything from such "news" and it was a trivial way to be informed. Now I have a job which puts me in rush hour traffic during "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered". I think this is better for me yet even NPR reports too much on the Simpson trial. > Joseph Cotten once remarked that he thought CITIZEN KANE was "sort of >a trick film", and that the MAGNIFICENT AMBERCROMIES was a better STORY. I think you mean _The Magnificent Ambersons_ Curtis _________________________ _____________________ Never Get Out of the Boat | [log in to unmask]