tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934034354813383285.post2437922699678034306..comments2024-01-24T02:12:19.321+00:00Comments on Runs like a gay: Adrien BrodyRuns Like A Gayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170144191875296336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934034354813383285.post-12860904188342973762010-04-18T12:29:59.748+01:002010-04-18T12:29:59.748+01:00You're right, the studios have forgotten how t...You're right, the studios have forgotten how to market adult orintatd pictures, with their naive focus on the opening weekend.<br /><br />Both <i>Duplicity and State of Play</i> last year were solid, star driven, action thrillers but they did poorly in the gate and the ads just disappeared. <br /><br />It's a shame because both of those films would've done much better back in the 70's - although their flaws would've stuck out more.Runs Like A Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170144191875296336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934034354813383285.post-12116311545726876082010-04-17T17:09:14.819+01:002010-04-17T17:09:14.819+01:00Yes I do blame Hollywood to a large degree. They ...Yes I do blame Hollywood to a large degree. They have forgotten how to promote these films, or else they don't find them worthy of the effort. Or the films themselves are offered to a very narrow audience to begin with.<br /><br />I think "The Graduate" would fail if made today. "Midnight Cowboy", could not even get a green light now. <br /><br />Studios have so much at stake in the mainstream blockbusters, that they don't care to find a wider audience for "Darjeeling" or "Bloom". If the desire were created, viewers would have come.<br /><br />...or anyway, that's my humble opinion, LOL....TomShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718198770348083155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934034354813383285.post-51706940238064995092010-04-15T21:13:16.419+01:002010-04-15T21:13:16.419+01:00He's been trying in the last couple. Hollywoo...He's been trying in the last couple. <i>Hollywoodland, The Darjeeling Express and The Brothers Bloom</i> were all character driven but they never really took off. <br /><br />The humanistic stories are still there but they just don't sell - can you therefore blame Hollywood?Runs Like A Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170144191875296336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934034354813383285.post-56584839766175186502010-04-15T05:30:51.495+01:002010-04-15T05:30:51.495+01:00Adrian Brody was the beneficiary of a great role u...Adrian Brody was the beneficiary of a great role under a consummate director. He is hard to cast, I think, because he doesn't have the matinee-idol appearance, and studios no longer want to produce the kind of humanistic stories that made Dustin Hoffman a star.<br />Too bad, he is very good but has not been offered the right properties for his talents.TomShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718198770348083155noreply@blogger.com