grill the filmmaker

[fflo]

Think anyone will prod Lawrence Kasden to address the old "rip off of Secaucus 7" controversy in his talk tonight after the free screening of The Big Chill? Shall I go find out?

I suppose by now it's been roundly addressed by all the players in DVD commentary tracks. Somebody really oughta publish commentary-track-divulged content, you know? If there is such a round-up online, I sure don't know about it.

Comments

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

sadly unfamiliar with the controversy...

[fflo.livejournal.com]

It was "The Big Chill is just a Hollywood sell-out yuppie-r remake of The Return of the Secaucus 7, a coolly independent movie." With the implication that by knowing about the latter, one knew more/best. And who knows. Both movies do presume the Importance of baby boomers, which is rather a sticking point for me, and tell similar reunion stories of disillusionment, or something like that.

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

hm. never saw the latter (albeit earlier)...

knew better as in sooner that the BB's were important? that their plight was definining of others'?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

just knew more and better about all things cinematic, by virtue of knowing independent films, and thus being 'in the know' in general... i'm poking fun at folks i have been one of.

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

ah yes -- the power of arcana. the more obscurities you know, the more people you can whip with them.