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Swordfish

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You know the problem with Hollywood?

Swordfish

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They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit.

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I'm not some wannabe filmmaker...

Swordfish

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...searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke.

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No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, shortsighted directing...

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...and a moronic stringing together of words the studios term as prose.

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No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism.

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Not a pervasive element in modern American cinematic vision.

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Take Dog Day Afternoon, for example. Arguably Pacino's best work.

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Short of Scarface and Godfather Part I, of course.

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Masterpiece of directing, easily Lumet's best.

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The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all topnotch. But...

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...they didn't push the envelope.

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What if, in Dog Day Sonny wanted to get away with it? Really wanted that.

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Now this is the tricky part. What if he started killing hostages right away?

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No mercy, no quarter.

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"Meet our demands or the pretty blond gets it in the head." Bam, splat.

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What, still no bus? Come on.

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How many innocent victims would it take for the city...

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...to reverse its policy on hostages?