In Reply to: It has survived an army of critics, one more will come to naught... posted by late on December 30, 2002 at 18:45:47:
;-)Guilty as charged. I have the same expectation for cinema as I have for fiction or drama; if it's really good it has to survive being removed from the context of its own time. And I don't think AN! is going to do that, for the reasons I said.
It may be the "best 'nam film;" it may evoke Rufus' memories of his actual experiences there. But, when the time comes -- and it will -- when "'Nam" means nothing to anyone walking around, neither will "AN!"
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- been awhile since someone called me "bookish" - Bruce from DC 22:54:55 12/30/02 (4)
- a year of transistion - late 07:16:46 12/31/02 (3)
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- "so laid back, mellow, and profitable" - late 09:37:53 12/31/02 (1)
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