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I want to add Dick Tracy based on this inspiring letterboxd review I saw this morning:
Warren Beatty is an actor I don’t actually know very much about. I know he’s old, he’s sexually motivated, and he’s on the You’re So Vain suspect list. That’s okay. I’ve driven further on less gas. From what I can tell, this is why he was born. He was born to direct and star in Dick Tracy. This movie would slide unacceptably far into parody if the director wasn’t playing Dick Tracy and didn’t believe that Dick Tracy was the coolest man who ever existed in either reality or fiction. The amount of trust this movie places in you to understand that it’s funny is dead now. If Dick Tracy was made in 2020 It would be directed by Taika Waititi and would star Chris Hemsworth and we would hear Dick Tracy say “that’s not a thing.” I realize I’m coming perilously close to romanticizing the past and falling headfirst into becoming a reactionary but don’t worry. I don’t think all hope is lost. We’re in a bad moment but I think there’s a way out. The UCB theater going out of business fills me with hope. |
