‘It’s a nature movie! This’ll be fun!’
July 29th, 2009 at 10:20am Will Pfeifer
Over at SERGIO LEONE AND THE INFIELD FLY RULE, blogger Dennis Cozzalio interviews Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com’s senior film critic. It’s a lively, entertaining chat, punctuated by amusing moments like this one:
DC: I remember having to work very hard to talk my mother into taking me to see DIRTY HARRY at a drive-in when I was 11.
(SZ laughs)
DC: But that tactic backfired on me several times. I fooled my parents into taking me to see DELIVERANCE
SZ: Oh, my God.
DC: “Look, Dad, they’re carrying a canoe. It’s a nature movie! This’ll be fun!” I even knew what was coming, and so I ended up sitting between them as the movie is starting and then I realize, “Oh, no. What have I done?” And they weren’t too happy with me afterward. (Both laugh) Yeah, I saw the movie, but at what price?!
PS — I had my mom take me to see BLADE RUNNER at the age of 14 (and, expecting something along the lines of STAR WARS, I didn’t even like it much — though I love it now) and somehow my now 4-year-old daughter has seen both JAWS and JURASSIC PARK. But it’ll be a long time before I show her my DVD of DELIVERANCE. A long time.
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1. Dennis Cozzalio | July 29th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I’m still getting flak from that ill-fated con job I put on my dad, Will. I’m just glad I’m a little bit more aware of what’s going on in the cinema than he was– my daughters aren’t likely to get away with the same kind of thing. Not that they’d even want to– they are movie mad in their own way, but all I have to do is hum the opening bars of John Williams’ JAWS theme and they run straight out of the room!
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