Posted by Don Malcolm
on 10/31/2009, 10:37 am, in reply to ""Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Vol. 1" Reviewed"
96.251.89.110
A quick blurb from Glenn's review of THE LINEUP discussing what is certainly going to become some kind of cause celebre, and might be a reason to snap up this set before there is a possible backlash:
The Lineup is given the wildest audio commentary I've yet heard. Eddie Muller spends ninety minutes fending off a bizarre tirade from the completely uncontrollable author James Ellroy, who gets things on a roll by using the phrase "Donkey Dick" in his very first statement. Ellroy's Wikipedia entry lets the uninformed know where the author is coming from, and standup comics are just as extreme, but be forewarned that this an X-rated track. Both commentators give an excellent appreciation of The Lineup but Ellroy regales us with offensive jokes aimed at "homos" and "chinamen." I've seen content omitted from commentaries on the slightest pretext that someone might be offended but the colorful Ellroy is clearly exempted from any such oversight. Eddie Muller should be consulting for Amtrack, as he keeps the commentary on the rails despite Ellroy's verbal I.E.D.'s.
Responses: