The Black Dahlia

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The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:19pm

Well, that had to be one of the coolest movie trailers I've seen in a very very long time. Plus, it's nice to see Brian DePalma back after a rather long absence.

PS: Did anyone here see Femme Fatale? It was actually pretty enjoyable. Severely underrated movie.

#2

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:23pm

Read the book before you see the movie!

The book is wonderful in my opinion. It starts off a bit slow, but once it gets into action it's really great.

It aggrivates me that it was never solved.

#3

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:28pm

I can't wait to see this movie. The trailer is really cool. I remember in high school I wrote an essay about the murder so I'm really looking forward to the movie =)

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re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:29pm

I am finally excited about movies again. This and Hollywoodland look awesome, although I hoep they don't cancel each othe rout with the similarityies.

#5

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Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:41pm

I am kind of surprised that they're opening back to back in a couple weeks. You'd think one of them would try to push back for later in the year, so that there wouldn't be that potential to "cancel eachother out."

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#6

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Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:03pm

"It aggrivates me that it was never solved."

Maybe John Karr did it.

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#7

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:09pm

Can't wait to see this movie, also HOLLYWOODLAND !

#8

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:11pm

Saw a program on this a year ago, and was intruiged. my money's on the doctor.

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browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
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#9

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:35pm

Methinks it was Colonel Custard in the study with the lead pipe.

#10

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:40pm

Professor Plum in the Billard room with the wrench!

I have always been intrigued by this story. Both of these movies look like they will be quite good.

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#11

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:32pm

Has anyone seen this version?

Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) (TV)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073897/

Lucie Arnaz
Tom Bosley
Gloria DeHaven
June Lockhart
Donna Mills
Mercedes McCambridge

Lucie Arnaz accepted the role of Elizabeth Short over the strong objections of her mother Lucille Ball.

Dramatization of an actual homicide investigation. In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, whose nude body was dumped in a lot after being bisected with surgical precision. The detective interviews people who knew Short, who was called "The Black Dahlia" because of the black outfits she wore.

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#12

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:33pm

I'm telling you, it was the perverted doctor with the affair pictures, using the rope, on the roadside!

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The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

#13

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:40pm

Dr. Wallace Coppin?

All I remember is Lucie was in the TV movie and the sinister sounding announcer in the previews asking, "Who Was The Black Dahlia?". I love Lucie Arnaz and I'm sorry I didn't get to see her in DRS but I did see her in "They're Playing Our Song". I hope she finds a new musical very soon.

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"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.

#14

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:42pm

You cannot go wrong with an Ellroy book

It was amazing how good a movie LA Confidential was given the novel had so many layers & twists & turns

I to look forward to The Black Dahlia having enjoyed the book

I am also looking forward to Hollywoodland . I have read about this subject before & the more you hear about it the more skeptical I am it was suicide

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re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:21pm

I'm excited to see The Black Dahlia. I heard that Hartnett, Johansson, and Swank (who looks incredibly sexy in the trailer) are very good.

For better or worse, I think De Palma is one of our most interesting directors. His last film, Femme Fatale, was a masterpiece imho.

#16

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Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:32pm

Brian De Palma is my favorite director, so I am very excited for this film.

#17

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Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:46pm

I'm hoping to see Hollywoodland first then The Black Dahlia. But Dahlia is looking more interesting now. the other night I saw some actual pictures of Elizabeth Short's body after the murder.

#18

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:01pm

I haven't heard of Hollywoodland. We don't get many movies around here..

jimnysf - Thanks for mentioning the movie with Lucie. I'm going to check that out.

#19

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Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:20am

This is the first movie of the new year that actually has me excited. I cannot wait to see it.

#20

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Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:38am

I love me some James Ellroy, and L.A. Confidential is my favorite movie, so needless to say I'm really looking forward to this.

#21

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:34am

I can't wait for this! It really feeds in to my addiction to crimelibrary.com and looks like it has a fantastic cast.

Anyone else remember how last season of America's Next Top Model was filmed in the Black Dahlia house? Way to go Tyra...of all the beautiful mansions in LA, you had to pick that one

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#22

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/4/06 at 2:18am

I've been reading some early reviews, and they all loved Swank. Some are even suggesting that she might get a supporting actress nod. She certainly looks delicious in the trailer.

Updated On: 9/4/06 at 02:18 AM

#23

re: The Black Dahlia

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:56am

I remember the real pix in the book HOLLYWOOD BABYLON.
This one looks good!

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