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- From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: HOFFA
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.211822.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 02:18:22 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.175749.17440@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec28.175749.17440@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>,
- leeper@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (mark.r.leeper) writes:
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- > HOFFA
- > A film review by Mark R. Leeper
-
- > But what is missing and what is missed is a human behind the pubic face
- > of Hoffa. What this film says about Hoffa, the man, is that he cusses and
- > drinks coffee. Just about everything else about him in this film you could
- > find in a good encyclopedia.
-
- I was captivated and entertained by _Hoffa_. I understand Mark's criticism,
- but I agree with a Philadelphia critic that said the reason the personal
- info about Jimmy Hoffa is skipped is because DeVito wanted to show who he was.
- And in this view that's all Jimmy Hoffa was, labor. It defined him, motivated
- him, and made up his person.
-
- This movie was an epic presentation of DeVito's and Mamet's view of Hoffa,
- and in that manner, succeeds brilliantly.
-
- Greg Bole "I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
- bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Gary Oldman in _Bram Stoker's Dracula_
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