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You know the problem with Hollywood?
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They make shit. Unbelievable,
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unremarkable shit.
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I'm not some wannabe filmmaker. . .
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. . .searching for existentialism through
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a haze of bong smoke.
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No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting,
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shortsighted directing. . .
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. . .and a moronic stringing-together
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of words the studios term as prose.
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No, I'm talking about
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the lack of realism. Realism.
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Not a pervasive element
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in modern American cinematic vision.
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Take Dog Day Afternoon, for example.
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Arguably Pacino's best work.
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Short of Scarface and
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Godfather Part l, of course.
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Masterpiece of directing,
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easily Lumet's best.
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The cinematography, the acting,
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the screenplay, all topnotch. But. . .
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. . .they didn't push the envelope.
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What if, in Dog Day, Sonny wanted to
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get away with it? Really wanted that.
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Now this is the tricky part. What if
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he started killing hostages right away?
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