“THIS GUY wrote Dr. Giggles!” “Sorry about that.” His producer clearly ignored what I said. “Have you seen it?” “Yeah, I have. The ending really stunk, smacked of studio interference… Was it?” This prestigious writer, Graeme Whifler, snapped to attention and addressed my question. “I had nothing to do with the ending.” “Good for you.”
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A Schlock to the System: Film Festivals Part III
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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A Schlock to the System: Film Festivals Part III
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Tags: A Bay of Blood, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Adam Lippe, analysis, anonymity, Army of Darkness, auteur, Brian De Palma, Carrie, cinephile, contempt, critique, David Carradine, David Cross, Deadly End, deli, Dr. Giggles, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, film, film festival, film festivals, film review, Gore, Graheme Whifler, Halloween, independent, John Carpenter, John Ennis, Lions Gate, Mario Bava, meat, movie, movie industry analysis, movie review, Mr. Show, Murder Set-Pieces, Neighborhood Watch, New York City, New York Horror Film Festival, Nick Palumbo, Nick Searcy, Pell James, phnatom punch, porn, R rated, Re-Animator, RegrettableSincerity.com, Republican, rip-off, Sam Raimi, sequel, series, Sonny Boy, straight to DVD, Stuart Gordon, Tamara, The Exorcist, The Last House on the Left, The New York City Horror Film Festival, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Twitch of the Death Nerve, unrated, Wes Craven, William Friedkin
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Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”
Well Cold Fish was made in Japan, where Angie would have shot herself and that would have been the happy ending.