Can't Resist - I thought American Beauty was Brilliant - Jim Susky

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Can't Resist - I thought American Beauty was Brilliant

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Posted by Jim Susky on February 4, 2002 at 23:10:02

Never mind oscars and box-office - those don't count with me (nor my film buff wife).

We both like movies - (films) that are also literature. AB qualifies.

I checked some of the earilier posts, and found that Victor was viscerally offened by it (visceral - my word, not his).

He cited a Russian word which loosely and inadequately translates as "poor taste".

Interesting - to me anyway - because I thought the film was extremely sure-footed, absent of the usual calculated compromises and gratutitous stupidities and manipulations that infect most Hollywood fare. It had feel of a single sure hand - that of an auteur. No wrong steps, no false moments. It really worked on second viewing for me too.

If Victor cares, I wonder if his objections have become more concrete sincc his last comments?

What was also interesting to me was that so many of the comments I read about AB (not, I admit, from any reviewers of quality) caught only the surface of the film.

FWIW - I think Six Feet Under is brilliant too - and Golden Globes don't count, either.

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Topic - Can't Resist - I thought American Beauty was Brilliant - Jim Susky 23:10:02 02/04/02 (15)

How does AB qualify as "literature"? - Aurelio S. 06:28:24 02/06/02 (0)

Why should you care what Viktor thinks? - edta 20:42:53 02/05/02 (6)

Re: Why should you care what Viktor thinks? - Victor Khomenko 05:29:15 02/06/02 (0)

Viktor seems to have good taste ... - Jim Susky 00:06:13 02/06/02 (4)

Re: Viktor seems to have good taste ...well, when he agrees with me - petew 22:16:27 02/09/02 (3)

Yeah, but... - Victor Khomenko 09:21:46 02/10/02 (2)

Being John Malkovich - petew 16:55:32 02/11/02 (1)

Being petew - Victor Khomenko 04:39:06 02/12/02 (0)

Re: If you liked it... - Jeff Starrs 05:12:33 02/05/02 (0)

Re: Can't Resist - I thought American Beauty was Brilliant - Victor Khomenko 05:04:09 02/05/02 (0)

poshlost, poshlyi - jsusky@ptialaska.net 00:13:01 02/06/02 (3)

Interesting... - Victor Khomenko 05:19:54 02/06/02 (2)

Lecture? - jsusky@ptialaska.net 21:36:18 02/07/02 (1)

Will look it up today... promise - Victor Khomenko 04:42:18 02/08/02 (0)

Re: Can't Resist - I thought American Beauty was Brilliant - Dman 03:21:33 02/05/02 (0)

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