Re: Armond White

Ondine was marvelous and he is right to extol it, but I was introduced to
White through his review of The Dark Knight. It was enough to put me off of
him as a thinker:
http://www.nypress.com/article-18545-knight-to-remember.html

Ironically, Nolan’s aggressive style won’t be slagged “manipulative” because
> it doesn’t require viewers to feel those discredited virtues, “hope” and
> “faith.” Like Hellboy II, this kind of sci-fi or horror or comics-whatever
> obviates morality. It trashes belief systems and encourages childish
> fantasies of absurd macho potency and fabulous grotesqueries. That’s how
> Nolan could take the fun out of Batman and still be acclaimed hip. As in
> Memento, Nolan shows rudimentary craft; his zeitgeist filmmaking—morose,
> obsessive, fussily executed yet emotionally unsatisfying—will only impress
> anyone who hasn’t seen De Palma’s genuinely, politically serious
> crime-fighter movie, The Black Dahlia.
>

The Black Dahlia? I love film noir. I like De Palma. I saw The Black Dahlia.
It was a craptastic mess. The 33% rating at RottenTomatoes was generous.

> Though this ambitious noir crime-drama captures the atmosphere of its era,
> it suffers from subpar performances, a convoluted story, and the inevitable
> comparisons to other, more successful films of its genre.
>

Ebert himself has some interesting love / hate for White and his methods:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/in_defense_of_armond_white.html

On Thursday night I posted in entry in defense of Armond White's review of
> "District 9." Overnight I received reader comments causing me to rethink
> that entry, in particular *this eye-popping link
> <http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1897/armondwhiteisntinsane.jpg>*supplied
> by Wes Lawson. I realized I had to withdraw my overall defense of White. I
> was not familiar enough with his work. It is baffling to me that a critic
> could praise "Transformers 2" but not "Synecdoche, NY." Or "Death Race" but
> not "There Will be Blood." I am forced to conclude that White is, as
> charged, a troll. A smart and knowing one, but a troll.
>

Johne Cook
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> I think he is my favorite film critic, primarily because he validates my
> feelings about the relatively unseen and unheard of Ondine.
>
> http://www.nypress.com/article-21294-grimy-glamour.html
>
> I was listening to Rob Bennington's interview w/him today and he is an
> intetesting, and obviously brilliant guy.  That is he is portrayed popularly
> as the anti - Ebert only helps him in my book. ; - )
>
> Here's a link to some of Ron Bennington's invteriews.  IMO he's the best
> interviewer out there.
>
> http://ronbenningtoninterviews.com/
>
> Mike F.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Karl <[email protected]>
> *To:* DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thu, January 20, 2011 1:04:57 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] If an 8th grader can figure out High Frequency
> Trading...
>
> I assume by our comment he got it right.  A good presentation and scary at
> the
> same time
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf
> Of Lance McLain
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:53 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [DADL-OT] If an 8th grader can figure out High Frequency
> Trading...
>
> Then why can't the SEC?
>
>
> http://dealbreaker.com/2011/01/eighth-grader-explains-high-frequency-trading-fla
>
> sh-crash-for-school-project/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=
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> Good overview by 8th grader.
>
> regards,
> -Lance
>
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