Comments on: The Black Dahlia http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/08/the-black-dahlia A Blog Without A Tagline. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:38:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ralph_nadir http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/08/the-black-dahlia/comment-page-1#comment-7679 ralph_nadir Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:58:17 +0000 http://www.coffeechick.com/main/2007/08/the-black-dahlia/#comment-7679 I haven't seen The Black Dahlia, but I doubt the problem was the book. The book is fantastic, even though it isn't at all an accurate account of the case. James Ellroy just used the case as a jumping off point for going off on his own idiosyncratic psychodrama about the murder of his own mother when he was 12. I would imagine that the real problem with the movie is that it was directed by Brian DePalma, who hasn't made a decent movie since The Untouchables. Seriously, Cronnenberg should have made this movie. I haven't seen The Black Dahlia, but I doubt the problem was the book. The book is fantastic, even though it isn't at all an accurate account of the case. James Ellroy just used the case as a jumping off point for going off on his own idiosyncratic psychodrama about the murder of his own mother when he was 12.

I would imagine that the real problem with the movie is that it was directed by Brian DePalma, who hasn't made a decent movie since The Untouchables. Seriously, Cronnenberg should have made this movie.

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