tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post6379008491701064219..comments2024-01-11T05:12:57.536-08:00Comments on Michael Aushenker's CARTOON FLOPHOUSE: Happy Would've-Turned-100 birthday, John Fante!Greenblatt the Great!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05833132744552978594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post-45663841210912774072009-04-11T20:12:00.000-07:002009-04-11T20:12:00.000-07:00I agree, Jamie. For the same reason, I've avoided,...I agree, Jamie. For the same reason, I've avoided, to this day, seeing the movie version of THE ROAD TO PERDITION. I thought, based on the graphic novel, that Tom Hanks was supremely miscast. I couldn't see him playing the gritty, angel of death hitman, and the ROAD graphic novel reads like a John Woo thriller, not a glossy Oscar-bait pic.<BR/><BR/>With ASK THE DUST, despite the bad casting and South African locations (!!), I was hoping the Robert Towne pedigree would've worked. CHINATOWN and Hal Ashby's THE LAST DETAIL are two of my favorite films. One of the movies he directed, WITHOUT LIMITS, about Prefontaine, was decent. Oh, well, so much for that theory!Greenblatt the Great!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05833132744552978594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post-24117889561523811422009-04-11T13:32:00.000-07:002009-04-11T13:32:00.000-07:00I love Fante... I avoided seeing the movie simply ...I love Fante... I avoided seeing the movie simply based on the casting alone....James Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283687555480506116noreply@blogger.com