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November 10, 2005
Times for a reality check: what kind of hit film satisfies 43rd St.?
Another semi-fathomable piece on movies in the NY Times, a profile of moneyed producer James D. Stern, headlined "Is There A Hit Film in the Battle For Ohio?" Straw men litter the corridors: "With Jarhead revisiting the gulf war and Good Night, and Good Luck taking moviegoers all the way back to McCarthyism for a history lesson, it must not have seemed like such a stretch to make a documentary about a divisive event that at least everyone remembers," recalls David M. Halbfinger. "To the lengthening list of political films vying for the attention of a polarized public"—nice alliteration and presumption of political polarization there—Stern, Halbfinger continues, giving with one adjective and taking with a verb— is "a serious Hollywood financier and Broadway producer who dabbles at directing his own movies - hopes to add one that looks squarely at the 2004 presidential campaign..." [Money=virtue; artistic ambition=cuckoobird.] "The question, of course, is just how many people will want to relive that fight." And who's asking that question? Halbfinger? Halbfinger's editor? Halbfinger's circle of friends? "Of course" that's the question? Prove it.
Posted by pride at November 10, 2005 12:04 PM
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