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December 28, 2006
By the blurbling brook: listening to crickets
Blurbs away! Variety's Timothy Gray selects favorite flavors in 2006 cricket-hype. In his annual tradition of collecting "these blurbs, one begins to ponder cosmic matters. Such as: "Who exactly qualifies for recognition as a film critic?" Some blurbmeisters do not come from the world of reviewing. For example... Larry King, You, Me and Dupree—"Owen Wilson has to be one of the greatest comedic actors of all time." ... And what exactly is "praise"? Studios apparently were convinced that these comments were surefire audience lures[:] Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning—"There's hardly a body part that isn't mangled or lopped off, ground up or sliced through." ... The Dove Foundation, Barnyard, "You have to see it to believe it." ... Pete Hammond, Maxim, Beerfest—"The party film of the summer. You'll laugh your Heineken off!" "Of course, one of the jobs of blurbmeisters is to recognize great films[:] Anthony Kaufman, Indiewire, Climates—"Masterpiece!" [;] CineScene, Zen Noir—"A genuine masterpiece." [;] Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com, Flannel Pajamas—"A spiny and dispassionate little masterpiece."
Posted by Ray Pride at December 28, 2006 03:04 PM
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