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You know the problem with Hollywood?
:00:40
They make shit. Unbelievable,
unremarkable shit.
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I'm not some wannabe filmmaker. . .
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. . .searching for existentialism through
a haze of bong smoke.
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No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting,
shortsighted directing. . .
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. . .and a moronic stringing together
of words the studios term as prose.
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No, I'm talking about
the lack of realism. Realism.
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Not a pervasive element
in modern American cinematic vision.
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Take Dog Day Afternoon, for example.
Arguably Pacino's best work.
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Short of Scarface and
Godfather Part I, of course.
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Masterpiece of directing,
easily Lumet's best.
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The cinematography, the acting,
the screenplay, all topnotch. But. . .
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. . .they didn't push the envelope.
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What if, in Dog Day Sonny wanted to
get away with it? Really wanted that.
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Now this is the tricky part. What if
he started killing hostages right away?
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No mercy, no quarter.
:01:53
"Meet our demands or the pretty blond
gets it in the head." Bam, splat.
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What, still no bus? Come on.