Article: Nettlesome noir: Contrived close keeps De Palma's 'Black Dahlia' from making its case

Article: De Palma, Ellroy unite to tell story of grisly ...
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... excessive" than De Palma's, is credited ... producer. "The Black Dahlia" was finally ... get made." De Palma says he was always ... fascinated by the Black Dahlia case, and had ... obsessiveness of the Black Dahlia." De Palma agrees that the ...

Article: Stop giggling, it's 'Black Dahlia'; De ...
The Washington Times;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and now "The Black Dahlia." It's tough ... director Brian De Palma could have had ... STARS TITLE:"The Black Dahlia" RATING: R ... Directed by Brian De Palma. Screenplay by ... star in "The Black Dahlia," based on James ...

Article: De Palma comes up short with `Black ...
The Boston Globe;  December 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... drugs" in "Scarface," Brian De Palma knows how to communicate obsession ... Somehow, though, with "The Black Dahlia" (2006), De Palma has wound up with a cast that ... case.) A segment spotlighting De Palma as a stylist holds interest ...

Article: Forget it, Jake. It's not 's Chinatown' The Black ...
The Independent on Sunday;  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... inhabit the Forties? Adapting The Black Dahlia, the first in Ellroy's quartet, Brian De Palma sometimes gets it right. Yes ... it was a much better film than De Palma's. In fairness, De Palma gives us more of the lost city ...

Article: De Palma's sexy film confusing, lackluster: Twists, ...
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... director Brian De Palma, the man behind ... Untouchables, shows in The Black Dahlia his storytelling ... pornographic movie, De Palma doesn't convince ... ties to Short. The Black Dahlia can be visually stirring, but De Palma misfires on so many ...

Article: Brian De Palma: The Black Dahlia; DI, ...
Post;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Hitchcock. Now De Palma, whose credits ... thriller, The Black Dahlia. For a director ... out." But if De Palma loves constructing ... the color of The Black Dahlia, he says, "was ... post process for De Palma, and does he like ... a film, and on Black ...

Article: De Palma helps 'Black Dahlia' find ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Ellroy's The Black Dahlia marked a turning ... getting "The Black Dahlia" on the screen ... director Brian De Palma to try. "The ... the role of the Black Dahlia," he says ... Working with De Palma again after almost ...