tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post5868150766906408944..comments2024-02-27T10:53:43.331-05:00Comments on Big Media Vandalism: Dog Bites DawgSteven Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-46387266273281692242012-08-10T08:22:02.984-04:002012-08-10T08:22:02.984-04:00Hal,
You've made some interesting points, es...Hal, <br /><br />You've made some interesting points, especially about the ending. But I think Fuller's intent was pessimisitic. My read on the ending was that racism just can't be unlearned no matter how hard one tries. Winfield's obsession is getting the racist world (represented by our pal, Old Whitey the dog) to treat him with respect. He fails, and for his character, it's almost tragic. White Dog is his White Whale.<br /><br />With that said, you KNOW I would have loved seeing the original ending! If Fuller and Curtis Hanson had been faithful to Gary, the movie would NEVER have gotten a release! Joe Klein would have written the precursor to his asinine Do the Right Thing review: "WHITE DOG has only one message to Black youth: Train your dog to eat Whitey!"odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-61153998583972611622012-08-06T15:09:45.338-04:002012-08-06T15:09:45.338-04:00Finally saw this for myself over the weekend; I...Finally saw this for myself over the weekend; I've been meaning to since reading this review in '10. Netflix Instant has it.<br /><br />Fuller was a great filmmaker most of the time, and while it is understandable that he wanted to change Gary's ending, he pretty much wrote himself into a corner by doing so. Ending just didn't flow naturally or make any sense. <br /><br />It was also distracting that (as you mention on most of these) Kristy just completely ignored the blood all over the Shepherd when he returned to her, that he jumped through and shattered a window(!) to get to the rapist but didn't get a scratch, that for as bonded as she was she never gave him a name, etc.<br /><br />Loved the cast (there's Bob Minor again, working with Winfield) but this one was a letdown. Usually when you try to make a pessimistic work optimistic, you lose everything that made the original source material gripping to begin with. BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is among the films that come to mind.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-12542373349913533502010-02-03T18:56:56.831-05:002010-02-03T18:56:56.831-05:00Yup, it's Gremlins co-star Dick Miller!Yup, it's Gremlins co-star Dick Miller!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14169925.post-31286346302976071162010-02-03T16:44:24.004-05:002010-02-03T16:44:24.004-05:00Looks like Dick Miller, is it? One of my faves is...Looks like Dick Miller, is it? One of my faves is his performance--with no dialog at all--in USED CARS during the first bootleg commercial.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com