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Re: American Tragedy? Indeed...

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***When did you pick up the old Theo last time, Victor?

Oh, that's not a fair question! I know your approximate age - are you trying to make me feel old?

Those teenagers...

But the reason I kind of jumped at this comparisson was that Dreiser's book has the depth and profundity that was obvioulsy not present in the film.


***Give him a read, you'd be surpised at the number of things that changed in the last 70 years, but what will surprise you even more is the number of things that stayed the same.

Again, the book is a significant work, and as such timeless, even if it is in my view not at the level of the best world has to offer, but then in the field of fine art what American thing is? America, being late to the party, could never match the finesse of the old world, that takes centuries to develop, so its unmatched avhievemnts lie elsewhere.

I still have a very strong flavor of that book... I think...

Anyway, we are beating an already long-dead horse, we had this film discussed before and to me it remains completely insignificant and what's worse, rather offensive. And I react to the offensive nature far stronger than I do to the lack of imagination, call is a reaction to a horrible sin of commission if you will.

I am perfectly willing to accept many weak movies for what they are, and enjoy them actually.

For instance, "My Cousin Vinny" is a far, far, far better movie than the "Beauty". An unpretensious work with tons of fun...

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