tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post8745571069602937836..comments2024-03-16T18:38:04.996-04:00Comments on Critics At Large : Is it Such a Wonderful Life?Critics at Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073851963852030361noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-38790592639369922282012-12-24T15:39:51.784-05:002012-12-24T15:39:51.784-05:00From David Churchill. I honestly don't remembe...From David Churchill. I honestly don't remember The Shining comparison, but I think it could work. However, my story of receiving vitriol came about in a film studies class at University of Toronto in 1980. I was asked to do a presentation on the film at the last minute, so I decided to do a contrarian take: I proposed that the whole film took place during the seconds before George Bailey died from drowning and that by end he was dead. Well, did that stir up a shit storm in the class. I only wish I'd pushed it further to back up my argument as Kevin and Geoff did by suggesting this film is in fact a film noir. Maybe then the vitriol may not have been as intense from a group of smart cinesates, but then again, I'd stamped on their sentiment (I sentiment I actually shared and in a small way still do), but I needed a hook at the last minute and that's what I came up with. Critics at Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073851963852030361noreply@blogger.com