Avis sur le produitLe dahlia noir (écran large) (bilingue) [DVD]

Crime Drama - Gruesome

Elizabeth Short has been portrayed many ways in the six decades since her body was dumped in two pieces on an empty lot in Los Angeles: Manipulative playgirl. Aspiring starlet.

Above all, time has immortalized Elizabeth Short as the pin-up girl of Los Angeles Noir. The Black Dahlia. Fascination with her life, and especially her death — her gruesome, violent, unsolved murder — continues to this day.

The story of the unemployed 22-year-old waitress has inspired dozens of books, Web sites, a video game and even an Australian swing band. The quest to pinpoint her killer has become a hobby for generations of armchair detectives. And this fall, Hollywood will recast her tragic plight in a star-studded Black Dahlia movie.

The Los Angeles Police Department has all but given up hope of ever closing the Dahlia case; the department has more urgent crimes to investigate, and the killer has likely been dead for years. Yet, it is precisely the unsolved status of Elizabeth Short's murder that gives it such an enduring allure.

We need to emphasize here that the case is so cold, the information so musty and bungled, that it's difficult to get a lucid picture of Elizabeth Short's brief life, much less her grisly death.Lire l'avis complet...

When Novels Should Not Become Movies

After watching The Black Dahlia on DVD, I was left with many unanswered questions:

Who decided to let Brian DePalma direct the adaptation of a great, sprawling, complex book again after his famously disastrous version of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities?

Who thought that Josh Hartnett had the skills to overcome his ultra-contemporary looks and manner and make us believe he is James Ellroy's 1940s jazzbo/boxer/noir hero Bucky Bleichert?

What the hell was going on in Mark Isham's head when he scored the film? The music seemed like it was about three minutes out of sync, swelling in odd places and generally getting in the way, something a soundtrack should never do.

Who wrote Scarlett Johansson's dialogue? For a director who supposedly demands that film students write scenes without dialogue to force them to write visually, DePalma piles on the chitchat in this one. The result is unintentionally funny lines coming out of the mouths of genuinely talented people like Johansson.

Finally, what combination of factors allowed another film based on an Ellroy book, LA Confidential, to soar while this one crashed under its own weight?Lire l'avis complet...

Bought because I'm Mia KirshnerFan--good xtras on DVD

I bought this specifically because I am an avid Mia Kirshner fan. The movie was OK. I had seen parts of this movie several times occassionally before on TV and was not impressed. I watched this DVD with close captioning on, (sometimes I like to do this to make sure I hear the dialogue exactly) and was surprised to interpret much more of the back and forth scenes of the movie. It was much a much better movie, in my opinion, after viewing this way. Surprised me! Nice extras on the DVD; gives the information and background of the actual murder which I had never known.Lire l'avis complet...

Good movie especially for fans of Ellroy

I'm a fan of James Ellroy so I really enjoyed this movie. It's fairly faithful to the book which I love. Great for fans of the time period and cop dramas.

Achat vérifié :  Oui | État : neuf | Vendu par : laloversparadise

Greatest detective story since Chinatown.

You will not know who the killer is untill the very end, i promose. The movie has a great story that never stops, its just keeps building and building. The only problem with this movie is that it strays from the main story line way too often, but still adds more to plot by telling about characters.

Skip it if you like hard core detective stories with dozens of suspects and dozens of murederes. Watch it if you like thrillers basically, because thats what it is, very similar to Chinatown in its structure.Lire l'avis complet...

Black Dahlia was supposed to be more of a true story, biography so I was quite disappointed in the fictional story they attached to it.

Why didn't they just write the true story in detail instead of attaching this predictable fictional story? They ruined it and their integrity as far as I'm concerned.

Achat vérifié :  Oui | État : occasion | Vendu par : portoricanpicker

Not what expected and not very good

Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia was nothing that I thought it'd be and that turned me away from the movie from the beginning. It was very hard to follow due to shifting scenes and a hard to follow storyline.

At 2 hours long the movie finally got decent 3/4 of the way through, but that wasn't enough to save this movie. This movie is far too confusing and most of the stuff that confused you still doesn't make sense after everything unravels at the end.

Final Verdict:

2/5

Rent or Buy?: I wish I hadn't wasted the $5 I did renting this movie. If you have the movie channel, wait until it comes on, if not rent this one, but make sure you use a rent one get one free coupon.

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You won't sleep at night

Brian De Palma has never made a bad feature film. This one is one of his best !

Achat vérifié :  Oui | État : neuf | Vendu par : TROsO2diTPK@Del...

Good movie...

Good movie, not as good as the book by James Elroy, but few movies are as good as the book. I'd recommend reading the book first, as to one possible solution to one of the greatest unsolved crimes ever.Lire l'avis complet...

Black Dahlia

The movie centers more around the police department than it does around the black dahlia. Josh Hartnett has a good role in the movie and is the main star in it. The movie does run a bit slow though so if you are not into those type of movies than this one is not for you.Lire l'avis complet...