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Poncho Punch
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:07 pm
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#1 Post by Poncho Punch »

Are the films he directed really that bad? Is there nothing redeemable about them?
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zedz
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:24 pm

#2 Post by zedz »

I've only seen Tough Guys Don't Dance and can remember hardly anything about it except that it was indeed tooth-achingly bad to the point of camp. i.e. probably worth tracking down.
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Jean-Luc Garbo
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#3 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo »

How about Sontag's films?
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Polybius
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:57 am
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#4 Post by Polybius »

It's tangential, but I would really like to see a remake of The Naked and the Dead.

The story is too close to The Thin Red Line for that to happen anytime soon, I would venture to say.
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Fletch F. Fletch
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:54 pm
Location: Provo, Utah

#5 Post by Fletch F. Fletch »

the Super Happy Fun site have just reported that they now have two Mailer films available, Maidstone and Beyond the Law.
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