But it's in the running. The only thing I can think of that would justify Mailer's train wreck of a self-parody is that his ego forces him to take everything he writes, etc. Seriously.
I must give credit where it's due. Some of the location shots around P-town are gorgeous and evocative. Then of course Mailer, being Mailer, had to superimpose his awful mess on them. I'd be curious for a brief moment how much Mailer had to pay to produce this miserable vanity project. Golan and Globus were notorious for putting out garbage, but Coppola?
Also, praise for the one strong performance: Ryan O'Neal's beautiful dog. Too bad it ended so abruptly, and that the dog wasn't real!
I must give credit where it's due. Some of the location shots around P-town are gorgeous and evocative. Then of course Mailer, being Mailer, had to superimpose his awful mess on them. I'd be curious for a brief moment how much Mailer had to pay to produce this miserable vanity project. Golan and Globus were notorious for putting out garbage, but Coppola?
Also, praise for the one strong performance: Ryan O'Neal's beautiful dog. Too bad it ended so abruptly, and that the dog wasn't real!