Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by clarkjohnsen (R) on September 15, 2006 at 09:58:05

In Reply to: What's wrong with Black Dahlia? posted by sjb on September 15, 2006 at 08:40:07:

[This reads pretty much in lockstep with L.A. Weekly.]

"To his credit, De Palma maintains a pulpy clarity pretty much up to the scene described above. But once the body turns up, the film turns into, well, a De Palma movie, with its narrative absurdities, its stylistic excesses, its hammy acting, and your uneasy sense that the whole thing might be a big joke.

"In retrospect, you can see how early signs point to this outcome. The casting, for example."