Subject: Re: TP: 'Will FWWM smash and burn?'
From: kandall@nsg.sgi.com (Michael Kandall)
Date: 1992-08-26, 18:08
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

>>>>> >>>>> On 18 Aug 92 20:12:26 GMT, jgp@zodmate.Rational.COM (Jim Pellmann) said:

Jim> Despite a smattering of applause, "Fire" opened largely to boos and actual
Jim> nausea at the Cannes Film Festival, a response attributable to the bloody,
Jim> sadomasochistic murder scene between father and daughter in the film's finale.

Must have gotten cut, or I am just not as sensitive as those French
critics.

Jim> Yet "Fire" is a huge hit in Japan, luring overflow crowds since opening last
Jim> May, during the festival. 

The Japan-thing is really getting overplayed a bit.  I went to a TINY,
TINY theater, and it was not filled.  OK, it was successful.  Give it
a rest.


Mike
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