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...July 3, Rebekah and I flew to Rancho Mirage, Calif., to celebrate my stepfather's 90th birthday. My mother hosted a party in the main ballroom of a swank hotel, the Lodge, for more than 60 family members and friends. Inevitably, when the subject of my accident came up and led to admiring comments, I felt a familiar twinge of guilt and embarrassment. I still couldn't embrace the notion of my so-called heroism...
...After much wrestling with the issue however, I 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...
...delve deeper into the murder, both become obsessed with it in different ways. Blanchard becomes addicted to Benzedrine and holes himself up in an apartment gazing at Short’s photographs. Bleichert becomes involved with the dangerous Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank), a supposed dead ringer for Elizabeth Short (even though she looks nothing like her, a plot point the apparently bothered only me). Both uncover a conspiracy that threatens to ruin their relationship and their integrity...
...Though the script is rather terrible--at one point Hartnett says, “I just don’t get modern art” and Swank replies, “I doubt it would get you either”--the acting is what truly sinks “The Black Dahlia...
...constantly looks like he has just been punched in the face, Hartnett tries his darnedest to be a serious actor and acquits himself decently. Johansson merely manages to look sexy in 40’s outfits and accomplishes nothing in her role. Eckert is predictably volatile and under utilized. Swank is just bizarre...