Comments on: THE BLACK DAHLIA – Josh Hartnett – d: Brian De Palma http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/black-dahlia-brian-de-palma-josh-hartnett/ thinking film Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:41:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marcus Tucker http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/black-dahlia-brian-de-palma-josh-hartnett/#comment-83934 Marcus Tucker Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/09/19/review-the-black-dahlia-2006/#comment-83934 I think Neo-Noir is a really stupid term just like the whole Neo-Soul thing in music, neither genre ever completely vanished, but rather people were looking to the mainstream rather than independent cinema for good examples. There is this one film called GOODBYE LOVER directed by Roland Joffe that is very nuanced in its approach to the genre, especially the detective in the film played brilliantly by Ellen DeGeneres (she is wicked, funny and delightfully corrupt). But it's a film that I think not everyone would like because the ending isn't at all moralistic. The most evil and conniving people in the film get away with murder (literally). Back to THE BLACK DAHLIA (which I haven't seen yet) I never understood what all the hoopla about Josh Hartnett was about. He's basically Humphrey Bogart with a awful haircut and not real depth. Hilary Swank is really the most different actress of her generation, the most atypical of them all. But I think she struggles with the quest for mainstream box-office appeal and roles that are good for her career. I think Neo-Noir is a really stupid term just like the whole Neo-Soul thing in music, neither genre ever completely vanished, but rather people were looking to the mainstream rather than independent cinema for good examples. There is this one film called GOODBYE LOVER directed by Roland Joffe that is very nuanced in its approach to the genre, especially the detective in the film played brilliantly by Ellen DeGeneres (she is wicked, funny and delightfully corrupt). But it’s a film that I think not everyone would like because the ending isn’t at all moralistic. The most evil and conniving people in the film get away with murder (literally).

Back to THE BLACK DAHLIA (which I haven’t seen yet) I never understood what all the hoopla about Josh Hartnett was about. He’s basically Humphrey Bogart with a awful haircut and not real depth. Hilary Swank is really the most different actress of her generation, the most atypical of them all. But I think she struggles with the quest for mainstream box-office appeal and roles that are good for her career.

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