FILM CRITICISM
Sir,-If we readers were to accept each of G.M.’s reviews as Gospel we'd go to very few pictures. G.M. doesn’t "review" the films, he just uses valuable space to "throw off" in a most sarcastic way at actors and actresses who, in these war-torn days, endeavour to take our minds away from murder. A G.M. review of.a murder film is better than his reviews on classy films. Couldn’t he use his fine literary knowledge to keep our local administration up to scratch? That would, of course, be harder for him, because politicians can defend themselves, while celluloid characters, miles away, cannot.
#or example, Nelson Eddy’s new film The Chocolate Soldier was the victim of harsh sarcasm from G.M.: references to Chocolate and Aunt Daisy are amusing, but they don’t review a film. A review on that film could be done thus: Eddy’s acting is better than any of his earlier films; his impersonation of a Russian was excellent, and his songs were excellent, the best being "O Star of Eve" and "Song of the Flea." The story, although slightly drawn out, was amusing and a change from war films. Now, that’s only a précis, but if G.M. reviewed on those lines, he’d be-well, he’d be a reviewer.
L.
WALLER-EDWARD
) (Blank Camp). $$
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 176, 6 November 1942, Page 3
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213FILM CRITICISM New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 176, 6 November 1942, Page 3
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