Post by Salzmank on Jan 17, 2018 16:25:06 GMT
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Very fair points. One could ask, I suppose, why Curtiz chose “…to direct everything that came before him instead of picking and choosing,” but I think I might have already been too critical than I really feel. Pace Antony, “I come to praise Curtiz, not to bury him…”
He was always somewhat gruff, if I remember correctly, but I sincerely hope it pleased him too. Many of these films make me very happy as well.
Very fair points. One could ask, I suppose, why Curtiz chose “…to direct everything that came before him instead of picking and choosing,” but I think I might have already been too critical than I really feel. Pace Antony, “I come to praise Curtiz, not to bury him…”
Anyway, what matters in the end is that he made some wonderful films that made a lot of people happy, and I think that probably pleased him greatly.
He was always somewhat gruff, if I remember correctly, but I sincerely hope it pleased him too. Many of these films make me very happy as well.
