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In a message dated 26/04/99 14:30:24 GMT, John Bleasdale wrote:
<< Jackie Brown has an altogether different view of violence. >>
Ah, well that's because he was working from an original Elmore Leonard novel
which relies, as do all his work, on the use of lanuguage within a formulaic
story.
Given that Leonard himself has written many times for the screen (I think his
earliest was 3.10 from Yuma) I have been disappointed at how unsatisfactory
the film versions of his novels have been.
I was interested to see how Tarrantino would handle his work, given his love
of the monologue (his own, Jackson's and Steve Buscimi's spring to mind) but
it was ultimately another perrsonal disappointment.
Personally, I think Valdez is Coming is the best adaptation of Leonard's work
but it calls to mind George Lucas on Star Wars - essentailly it's success
lies in the fact that it was just a western, all the characters are there -
the evil lord who is ultimately brought down by his own evil, his chief
henchman a good guy underneath who repents in the end, the hero and his
strong friends... and here we are back at 'popular holywood films', stick to
the western formula and it's hard not to be popular.
By the way, John, I agreed with everything you said about Tarantino and
violence.
Michael Trott
Internet Speech Radio info at http://members.aol.com/artistf
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