[lbo-talk] a vile cesspit of a film

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Dennis:
> "But now that we know that (J.T.) LeRoy is a chimera created 
> by a writer with equal gifts for fiction and fraud, Deceitful 
> is a vile cesspit of a film with no redeeming qualities at 
> all. It's one of those icky movies about the United States 
> that certain kinds of Europeans like to make-imagine Werner 
> Herzog's Stroszek with none of the artistry-that makes you 
> feel like a terrier is pushing your nose into the mess he 
> just left on the kitchen floor. 

What Herzog showed in Stroszek can be found in many places across the US -
and it indeed looks like a mess someone left on the floor.  Alexander
Payne's portrayal of Omaha and the environs in About Schmidt fits the same
mold.  Outside a few playgrounds for the rich, the US is, for the most part,
an ugly landscape (not counting the nature, of course).  

Speaking of Herzog, has anyone seen his _Grizzly man_?  I was impressed.

Wojtek