'IMAGINARY WITNESS' IS SOLID, SERVICEABLE.Byline: >Glenn Whipp "It's not that it was bad. It just wasn't good enough," says historian Neil Gabler, talking about the 1978 NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. miniseries "Holocaust." Gabler could also have been referring to this year's Oscar-winning "The Counterfeiters," a perfectly decent movie that nevertheless lacked the visceral punch of many previous films set during the Holocaust. The serviceable ser·vice·a·ble adj. 1. Ready for service; usable: serviceable equipment. 2. Able to give long service; durable: a heavy, serviceable fabric. "Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust" doesn't address cinematic Holocaust fatigue, and it skirts over a few other salient issues in its survey of the way American movies have depicted the event. Originally made for AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. , its solid collection of clips does illustrate one salient point: Depicting evil poorly is a sin unto itself. IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST - Three stars >Not rated: thematic material. >Playing: Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino; Laemmle's Grand in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion