Word: dahliaã
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...don’t think “The Black Dahlia,” Brian De Palma’s bizarre new film, is secretly a clever exercise on the demerits of neo-noir. (Hillary Swank, I feel, is actually incapable of farce.) “The Black Dahlia?? is more mundanely the result of poor directing and a ludicrous script, factors which combine to make Josh Harnett look as if he is going to cry in every scene, not that you could blame...
...Black Dahlia?? is a fictionalization of the real life unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, (Mia Kirshner, an alum of "The L Word"), a Medford, Mass. native who was brutally murdered in 1947. Short’s body was found disemboweled and cut in half. The murder was plastered all over the papers...
...synopsis I wrote appears rather simple or at least attemptable, but in fact, one of the main pitfalls of “The Black Dahlia?? is its incredibly confusing and nonsensical plot. Though myriad sub-plots and unexplained nicknames may have worked in book form (the movie is based on a novel by James Ellroy) it certainly does not work in celluloid. It is incredibly difficult to tell basic relationships between the characters, and many of “The Black Dahlia?? allusions to other stories and clues are never resolved...
...Which is not to say that “The Black Dahlia?? is not entertaining. Quite the contrary, a movie can be objectively bad and very entertaining. The climax is absolutely hilarious. BOTTOM LINE: “The Black Dahlia?? tries hard but it is a shallow effort, hampered by a confusing plot and unfocused direction. I do want to have Josh Hartnett’s babies now, however, so I guess it accomplished something...