The Black Dalhia Worst Film Essay
Snickers really satisfy; "The Black Dahlia" does not!
If all that mattered in movie-making was that the end result was pretty to look at, I would be giving Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia a rave review. There's no denying the film's visual virtues: the cinematography, the set design, the costumes, the hairstyles and the makeup. The screenplay, however, is another matter. For about 90 minutes, it moves at a fast pace, the movie is flowing but with just a few minor rapids, then as the end approaches, it goes into a freefall over a waterfall and lands with a crash. The ending is so complicated that it requires not just one but two explanation scenes and, even after those, we're still not sure how everything fits together. While it's true that many thrillers emphasize style over substance, few are as unsatisfying and confusing as "The Black Dahlia."
The Black Dahlia is based on the fictional novel by James Ellroy, not the real-life unsolved mystery. Ellroy used that cold case as......
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