From Hell

[Phil Wise]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gentle" <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: From Hell


> > It was a good movie, very steeped in style and Victorian excess. (And
> > yeah, the drug scenes were great!) On one level, I loved it; but on
> > the other hand, it really only took a few elements from Moore's
> > graphic novel. The graphic novel is a modern masterpiece,
> > kaleidoscopic in scope. The film didn't just dumb it down, it gutted
> > it.
> So I *am* the only person in the world who likes comics and has read a lot
of them who thinks they
> wasted their money on From Hell? I have a theory that for every work that
is defined by a large
> number of people as great there is always one asshole who hates it. I
suppose in this case I am that
> asshole.

As a sometime rock critic, all I can say is that we need such people.  We
either cheer them or they remind us to think independently and get our heads
out from you-know-where.

phil

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> David Gentle
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