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You know what the problem with Hollywood is |
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They make s**t. |
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Unbelievable unremarkable ss**t. |
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Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker |
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That's searching for existentialism |
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Through a haze of bong smoke or something. |
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No it's easy to pick apart bad acting short-sighted directing |
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And a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". |
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No I'm talking about the lack of realism. |
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Realism not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision. |
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Take Dog Day Afternoon for example. |
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Arguably Pacino's best work short of Scarface and Godfather of course. |
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Masterpiece of directing easily Lumet's best. |
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The cinematography the acting the screenplay all top-notch. |
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But they didn't push the envelope. |
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Now what if in Dog Day Sonny REALLY wanted to get away with it |
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What if -now here's the tricky part -what if he started killing hostages right away No mercy no quarter. |
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"Meet our demands or the pretty blonde in the bellbottoms gets it the back of the head."Bam splat |
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What still no bus Come on How many innocent victims splattered across a window would it take to have the city reverse its policy on hostage situations And this is 1976 there's no CNN there's no CNBC there's no internet |
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Now fast forward to today present time same situation. |
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How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy over this |
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In a matter of hours it'd be biggest story from Boston to Budapest |
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Ten hostages die twenty thirty bam bam one after another. |
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All caught in high-def computer-enhanced color corrected. |
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You can practically taste the brain matter. |
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All for what A bus a plane |
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A couple of million dollars that's federally insured |
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I don't think so. Just a thought. I mean it's not within the realm of conventional cinema but what if |
