tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post299921282290843763..comments2024-03-29T07:21:28.014-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Nick Meyer and "the era of nitpicking"John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88861765080922024882014-10-02T19:58:57.097-07:002014-10-02T19:58:57.097-07:00Exactly. There are plenty of great biopics that co...Exactly. There are plenty of great biopics that cover a lot more ground and stay much truer to history, and they do it in half the time that they were given for this. As a dabbling screenwriter myself, I found myself thinking over-and-over, what a terrible waste of screen-time.<br /><br />-MeredithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13979113510426775532014-10-02T17:41:16.775-07:002014-10-02T17:41:16.775-07:00I agree with John that it's possible Lionsgate...I agree with John that it's possible Lionsgate had already obtained the rights from Sloman and Kalush to include many parts of their book into the film. If so, the authors have been remunerated for their efforts.<br /><br /> It has been alleged that S & K's goal for Secret Life was to get it past the Gates of Hollywood. It would explain the novelistic style of the book and it's Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55707756418888993262014-10-02T14:41:40.934-07:002014-10-02T14:41:40.934-07:00While one has to compress time and work up dramati...While one has to compress time and work up dramatics that might not be entirely factual, it's absolutely possible to make a biopic that sticks largely to the facts. One isn't forced to make Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. You can make Spielberg's LINCOLN.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54578642564584824092014-10-02T13:58:56.012-07:002014-10-02T13:58:56.012-07:00"Silly to think dramatized historical movies ..."Silly to think dramatized historical movies would be factually accurate"? Excuse me? Than what's the point of even bothering to do a historical film in the first place? It sounds like he should stick to writing original screenplays and keep away from anything that even remotely smacks of having actually happened. And apparently anything to do with magic.<br /><br />-Meredith<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19397373092536744672014-10-02T12:51:14.721-07:002014-10-02T12:51:14.721-07:00I think if they didn't get the rights to Secre...I think if they didn't get the rights to Secret Life, Bill Kalush certainly has a case against them. It isn't just the spy stuff, there are dozen of things that can only be found in his book. Really, this miniseries IS the Kalush book, right down to the Bess stuff.<br /><br />But I think the presence of Lionsgate as producer means they had the rights to the book, and Meyer might have evenJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20577349393236361302014-10-02T10:51:48.023-07:002014-10-02T10:51:48.023-07:00It is called the History Channel, after all.
Whe...It is called the History Channel, after all. <br /><br />Where did he get the idea to take a loyal wife and treat her in such a dishonest and shabby manner? Bess deserved better. Is he a woman hater?<br /><br />Kellar advised Houdini not to do the Bullet catch. Houdini backed off. And Meyer had Houdini catch it in the mouth yet, which was probably not even part of Houdini's plan.<br /><br Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrich Houdini Museumhttp://houdini.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9599437652090732172014-10-02T10:12:06.287-07:002014-10-02T10:12:06.287-07:00Really, I would love to hear from Meyer some of th...Really, I would love to hear from Meyer some of the whys. Not be judgmental or confrontation (but, yes, a bit nitpicky), I'd just like to know his reasoning on some of these points. The Weiss family lived in Manhattan and Houdini's house was in Harlem. Why transplant this all to Brooklyn? How is that better in his mind? Why have Mama die in 1914 when with a single keystroke it could be John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68978159180543654332014-10-02T08:05:36.290-07:002014-10-02T08:05:36.290-07:00Poetic license only applies to poets. It seems to ...Poetic license only applies to poets. It seems to be more a case of hack syndrome. Lack of respect for the audience is the fatal mistake of both magicians and writers.DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-84940619581395181142014-10-02T07:52:50.199-07:002014-10-02T07:52:50.199-07:00Exactly. And Hitler becomes Queen of Sweden.
Hey...Exactly. And Hitler becomes Queen of Sweden. <br /><br />Hey, it's poetic license! Don't be a nitpicker!<br /><br />At least we know the criticism has reached him. Funny how the reporter doesn't think facts are important in a story.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78498201358470997862014-10-02T06:56:46.713-07:002014-10-02T06:56:46.713-07:00Since the facts are not evidently really relevant,...Since the facts are not evidently really relevant, I can't wait to see his next epic script being made into a History Channel movie where the Axis allies win WWII.Arthur Mosesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-18953680391979818952014-10-01T21:36:41.361-07:002014-10-01T21:36:41.361-07:00That's funny because WE thought we were in the...That's funny because WE thought we were in the era where the HISTORY Channel would show History! Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17530963442795672782014-10-01T21:22:02.864-07:002014-10-01T21:22:02.864-07:00I thought a séance was intended as a method to com...I thought a séance was intended as a method to communicate with the dead, not to create attention for the promotion of a film.<br /><br />Perhaps we are in the "era of nitpicking" as Damon stated. We are also in the era of the short attention span. That means this film will quickly move on, much like the fast currents that flowed under that thick ice beneath the Belle Island Bridge.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com