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activista — 11 years ago(March 25, 2015 12:59 AM)
Check out EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, a dark suspense thriller in did before the PINK PANTHER filmshe definitely had more going for him than being a so-called "hack"excellent film, and in a genre he didn't specialize in.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 06:50 PM)
Check out EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, a dark suspense thriller in did before the PINK PANTHER filmshe definitely had more going for him than being a so-called "hack"excellent film, and in a genre he didn't specialize in.
OP, please do check out Experiment in Terror, but only if you want to laugh. It's probably one of the most ineptly directed "thrillers" ever made (and I use the term, "thriller", loosely).
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theblackestmagic — 10 years ago(June 26, 2015 11:49 PM)
How can you call someone who directed a film like 'Days of Wine and Roses', which didn't include any of the actors you mentioned, a "hack"? If anything Edwards was one of THE most underrated directors in all of show business.
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dalldorfw — 10 years ago(February 25, 2016 11:23 PM)
So anyone that works with talent people can't be talented themselves, right? Wait, your list of talents who worked for BE includes Bo Derek? Honestly, who do you think has a greater talent; the crater of 'Peter Gunn' and 'The Pink Panther' or the woman who's claim to fame is showing her ass? OK, so Blake did produce 'Waterhole #9' but he also wrote and directed 'The Great Race' so I'd say that more then makes up for it.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 07:12 PM)
I do agree to a certain extent that Blake Edwards was a bit of a hack. For the most part, all he did for most of his career was recycle the same material over and over again for lack of ideas. It really shows when you sit down and do a marathon of his stuff. For example, The Party is the long party sequence in Breakfast at Tiffany's stretched out to movie length, and Victor/Victoria is basically Darling Lili. A long, extended gag sequence in Victor/Victoria was done verbatim from an earlier movie of his, and there are other moments in his movies where he just repeats stuff he had done before.
Edwards also lazily lifted concepts from other movies. I forgot which one of the Pink Panthers it was, but it was basically a combination of Topkapi and To Catch a Thief.
I also agree that he's famous more because of the people he collaborated with and not because he was an exceptional director. Why are his "classic films" considered classics? It's not because5b4 of his direction. It's because everyone fell in love with Henry Mancini's music or Audrey Hepburn in her Givenchy dress or Peter Sellers' zaniness.
This isn't to say that Blake Edwards was a bad director. He was competent, but not really exceptional in the way of, say, a Mel Brooks or some other famous comedy director.
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rascal67 — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 05:37 PM)
It's like Mia Farrow, without Woody Allen, she would have had a relinquished film career as well. Another shining example of women needing men in their lives.
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