[kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic Thunder

[Jim Harper]

I can't agree, I'm afraid. Having Sofia Coppola as director means absolutely nothing to me. I was aware of her certainly, but I was no more inclined to worship her work than I would be to idolise the latest piece of tat directed by 'McG' or Tony Scott. I though Lost In Translation was excellent purely on its own merits, and few of my acquaintances who also loved it knew anything about Sofia Coppola (with the possible exception of her less-than-scintillating performance in The Godfather Part 3).
 
Jim.
 
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--- On Sun, 17/8/08, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic Thunder
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Sunday, 17 August, 2008, 8:18 PM

If _Lost in Translation_ did not have the name "Sofia Coppola"
attached 
to it, I honestly believe a) no one would give a damn, and b) at least 
50% of the critics who found something artsy in the prolonged, 
mind-numbingly slow silences that characterize the movie, would not have 
given it positive reviews.

Just witness Coppola's next project, Marie Antoinette, where she tried 
to give the controversial, cruel woman from french history a hip 
post-punk soundtrack. That one was also bad, and at least by that time 
many critics' star struck "SOFIA COPPOLA!" bias had worn off a
bit.

-Oliver


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