1. @emilynussbaum's smart tweets about the Godfather movies (check them out) remind me one way "Miller's Crossing" falls short.
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@HeerJeet Except for how both Godfather and Goodfellas are based on books... -
@jholtham The way Coppola and Scorsese reshaped the material is what makes movies great. And that reshaping informed by life. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Well, yes. It's a not-so-veiled riff on Dashiel Hammitt's THE GLASS KEY, down to plot points and lines ("the original Ms. Jesus")Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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7. Miller's Crossing is a work of high artifice -- the dialogue stylized, the gangland ethos ritualized, the plot taken from movies.
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@HeerJeet Like I said, the plot is from THE GLASS KEY, and, yeah, it's obviously stylized. It's a Hammitt homage.
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@HeerJeet Coppola and Scorsese were called the "movie brats" to deny they didn't appropriate like the Coens is off the mark. -
@HeerJeet It also seems unfair to say that MILLER'S CROSSING "falls short" because its characters are Irish and the Coens are not. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet This is why while I really like Miller's Crossing I think it isn't their best work. Messes with the suspended disbeliefThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Also interesting that a similar level of artifice in Hudsucker, played for broad comedy, rubs way more viewers the wrong wayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet every Coen brothers film except A Serious Man is artificial in this way.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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