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October 06, 2005
Yesterday's news today: the Times digs up a movie that opened in August and closed in September
The NY Times discovers a late Weinstein Bros. Miramax release weeks after it bombed in 34 U.S. theaters in August: "In Venezuela, Secuestro Express has smashed all box-office records for a home-grown production, and it is fast eclipsing Hollywood's biggest hits. It is the first Venezuelan film to be distributed internationally by a Hollywood studio - Miramax - and has opened to warm reviews in New York, Los Angeles and other major American markets. On Oct. 9, it will be shown at the Raindance Film Festival in London." Among the more accurate "warm reviews" of the $307,208-grossing pic, there's Slant's Ed Gonzalez: "Immoral and aesthetically bankrupt,Secuestro Express allows first-time director Jonathan Jakubowicz to exploit and sell out his Venezuelan culture; the film doesn't function as art or social interrogation because it's nothing more than a Hollywood calling card."
Posted by pride at October 6, 2005 05:30 PM
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