In Reply to: You think it's glib to point out that it's a white conceit to think "everyone" drives around Los Angeles? Or posted by tinear on January 6, 2015 at 12:47:14:
. . .that some of the artiste-narrator's assertions seemed like glib conceits to me (and I thought to you too, based on your OP). Still, the movie is interesting enough that I don't want to give him too hard a time. But while I'm thinking about it, he should have included more than the single brief excerpt from "Mulholland Drive" - maybe he doesn't know what to make of David Lynch's offerings. ;-)
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- Neither - I was merely trying to state . . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:14:49 01/07/15 (5)
- Not to mention Barton Fink, Chinatown and L.A. Confidential. Nt - geoffkait 04:41:07 01/09/15 (0)
- Mulholland Drive... - mkuller 08:35:29 01/07/15 (2)
- And here I was thinking Steve Martin's L.A. Story was the definitive L.A. movie^ - Road Warrior 19:06:46 01/07/15 (1)
- RE: And here I was thinking Steve Martin's L.A. Story was the definitive L.A. movie^ - mkuller 20:47:19 01/07/15 (0)
- Okay, I see where my comments could have been misconstrued. Actually, I was applauding the director's - tinear 08:20:48 01/07/15 (0)