Great talent. The best. Actors, writer, director. Awful result. The worst. Acting, writing, directing.
Even the best creative talent, even when already a mature artist, can deliver bad stuff. Happens. Happened.
Young screen writers are told to avoid, and how to avoid, "exposition." This TV movie was all exposition.
The lighting leaves most scenes murky, but murky does not substitute for mystery. Mystery, and suspense, ain't none.
It opens with an on-screen statement that, in effect, this is a free fictional invention based on the trial of Phil Spector. But closes with an on-screen statement that seems to be an actual summary of the trial outcome which is not in the film. Not sure if that's also a fictional element or reality.
Even the best creative talent, even when already a mature artist, can deliver bad stuff. Happens. Happened.
Young screen writers are told to avoid, and how to avoid, "exposition." This TV movie was all exposition.
The lighting leaves most scenes murky, but murky does not substitute for mystery. Mystery, and suspense, ain't none.
It opens with an on-screen statement that, in effect, this is a free fictional invention based on the trial of Phil Spector. But closes with an on-screen statement that seems to be an actual summary of the trial outcome which is not in the film. Not sure if that's also a fictional element or reality.