Posted by The Other Jason Lee at dial-110-47.ots.utexas.edu on September 21, 2001 at 16:55:50:
In Reply to: Please say you're joking or something! posted by happylizard on September 20, 2001 at 22:44:48:
Both "Saving Private Ryan" and "Pearl Harbor" are fictionalized stories about rather horrible events. Speilberge gave us a dignified moving masterpiece. Micheal Bay gave us crapola.
"Traffic" was also a good piece of work...fiction all the way.
It is possible to approach the subject correctly. It might be too early to
publish anything, or film a movie, I reserve my right to talk about it.
Point 2: I brought this up on this BB because I know that Mr. Smith likes to use his gift as a storyteller to express how he feels about painful events. If you don't believe me, go watch "Chasing Amy" again. Listen very carefully when Silent Bob speaks. That's a man exorcising some demons.
...and when that movie comes (though it probably won't be for at least 15-20 years), I hope that someone will do right by it.
Jason C. Lee