nwdean-862-186903
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There is an interesting story in this long long cigarette ad. It made me wonder how long it would be before the characters got lung cancer. Every scene was filled with smoklng. Why? The story didn't require smoking. Yes, people smoked cigarettes in those days, but it added nothing to the drama.
The other problem was that most of the scenes were drastically underexposed. Maybe that was supposed to be atmospheric but it was way too dark. How do I connect with the characters when I can't see their faces?
This could have been enjoyable - but I gave up because it was too dark and too smoke-filled.
The other problem was that most of the scenes were drastically underexposed. Maybe that was supposed to be atmospheric but it was way too dark. How do I connect with the characters when I can't see their faces?
This could have been enjoyable - but I gave up because it was too dark and too smoke-filled.
Well, said the producer, these characters are French. Shouldn't they be speaking French?
No, said the executive producer, Apple TV's subscribers mostly speak English, they don't speak French. So we need the characters to speak English.
But then, said the producer, how will the audience know they are French? We can't expect them to figure that out all by themselves! We have to do something to show the audience that the characters are French and the story is set in France.
A puzzled silence settled over the room.
I've got it! Said the producer. I met a man from France once, and he spoke with a French accent. Let's have all these characters speak English but with a French accent! That way the audience won't forget that they are French.
Brilliant, said the crowd of executive producers. Problem solved.
No, said the executive producer, Apple TV's subscribers mostly speak English, they don't speak French. So we need the characters to speak English.
But then, said the producer, how will the audience know they are French? We can't expect them to figure that out all by themselves! We have to do something to show the audience that the characters are French and the story is set in France.
A puzzled silence settled over the room.
I've got it! Said the producer. I met a man from France once, and he spoke with a French accent. Let's have all these characters speak English but with a French accent! That way the audience won't forget that they are French.
Brilliant, said the crowd of executive producers. Problem solved.
The movie lost all credibility for me with the cyanide story. Oppenheimer was a post-doctoral researcher at Cambridge; to have him - and others like him - taking an undergraduate chemistry lab is preposterous. I was a graduate student at Cambridge and got my PhD without ever having to take such a course, and neither did any other student I ever heard of. Oppenheimer was a postdoctoral researcher, not a student; he would have spent his time entirely on research with a mentor.
The would cyanide episode is Hollywood hokum. After that, I had no reason to believe any of the rest. Cillian Murphy did a great job and deserved the Oscar, but the movie should be labeled fiction, not biography.
The would cyanide episode is Hollywood hokum. After that, I had no reason to believe any of the rest. Cillian Murphy did a great job and deserved the Oscar, but the movie should be labeled fiction, not biography.