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May 13, 2009
Cannes Gossipy
Who made Variety pull their Tetro review this afternoon?
The review went up at about 12:45p pdt. The movie, however, doesn't screen until tomorrow morning in Cannes... at 1am pdt.
Todd McCarthy, privileged with a look, slammed the new Coppola film in his embargo breaker, as in: "The angst-ridden treatment of Oedipal issues makes the picture play out like a passably talented imitation of O'Neill, Williams, Miller and Inge, and thus it feels like the pale product of an over-tilled field."
Of course, Todd being wrong about a movie at Cannes is nothing new. He couldn't have been much more wrong about Che' last year. On the other hand, the film wasn't invited into competition. So... who knows?
Watch for his slam and a parade of others late tonight in L.A.
Posted by dpoland at May 13, 2009 05:59 PM
Comments
Too many people go into watching Coppola movies expecting to see The Godfather. However, if you look at the bulk of his work, director-for-hire excluded, he never makes the same thing twice, and he's usually obsessed with formal experimentation. After all, his favorite film of his own is Rumble Fish.
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at May 13, 2009 08:16 PM
"Rumble Fish" is defensible (maybe I say that because "The Outsiders" is my favorite of his). But "Youth Without Youth?" Not so much. On the other hand, after "YWY," I doubt if that many people are going into "Tetro" expecting "The Godfather."
Posted by: chris at May 13, 2009 08:44 PM
aww, i just had to concur with chris, i have a huge soft spot for 'the outsiders'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IldGN7GzCc&feature=related
such pretty young things. oh for the days of yore
Posted by: leahnz at May 13, 2009 09:06 PM
"director-for-hire excluded" i still say The Rainmaker was excellent.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at May 13, 2009 11:22 PM
i very much like 'the rainmaker', kam, esp. 'bruiser', he's a bit of a scene-stealer (mickey was never totally gone like people seem to think, just lurking)
Posted by: leahnz at May 13, 2009 11:25 PM
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