Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After scoring an Oscar nomination for his performance in Chaplin four years ago, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. seemed on the verge of becoming the next Robert De Niro. Now Hollywood is worried that he may instead become the next River Phoenix. Stopped by police as he sped through Malibu in his truck last weekend, Downey was found to be carrying a small pharmacy of illegal drugs--crack, heroin--and, police said, a heavy-duty handgun. The hard-partying actor has been through rehab at least once since the late 1980s, but friends recently became alarmed at his downward spiral...
Blockbusters these days are elaborately crafted efforts in giving the public what Hollywood thinks it wants--more of the same. "Eraser," in this sense, succeeds admirably, featuring the sure-fire combination of a pleasantly sinister premise, guns galore and the endearing former weight-lifter whose punchy one-liners have touched the hearts of millions. Unfortunately, although sure of the ingredients, the makers of "Eraser" dish up something relatively subpar...
...Hollywood has relied on formula for years, but do Paramount (Mission: Impossible) and Warner Brothers (Eraser) actually have the same rewrite department...
...think of England; he learned his trade from the Americans and the Germans. On the set, instead of "Action!" he'd cry "Achtung!" Cinema Europe reveals him as an impishly sadistic fellow--he is seen lifting an actress' skirt while she tries to rehearse. But Hitch could make movies; Hollywood saw that. He went to the U.S., as had Lubitsch, Lang, Sjostrom, Stiller (and his young star Greta Garbo). Some were chased there by Hitler. European cinema was nearly stripped clean...
...films (Last Action Hero, Junior, True Lies) that defiled the great stone totem that is Schwarzenegger, Eraser is a return to basics. The film, which had a troubled history and a humongous reported price tag of $120 million, could have been a fiasco; instead, it smartly remythologizes this indispensable Hollywood icon...