Lurie "thinks" his movie is about, etc.

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"I think this will resonate," Resurrecting The Champ director- writer Rod Lurie has told the Pasadena Weekly's Carl Kozlowski. "I think the movie is about a group of people, journalists, who police themselves like no other profession. No other group is as vigilant about maintaining its honor and that's what I like. Journalists do mea culpas all the time."

Lurie "thinks" his film is about self-policing journalists? What happened here is that sometimes people say "I think" when they really mean "this is how it is." The prob- lem came with the editing of the article. Any journalist or editor who knows about making quotes and subjects sound right would have removed that second "think." I think the Pasadena Weekly should have thought this one through.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 23, 2007 at 5:28 PM

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dangovich says ...

Has he been awake for the past five years?

Posted by dangovich at August 23, 2007 6:25 PM

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PerfectTommy says ...

Looking forward to Lurie's next film about heroic used car salesmen.

Posted by PerfectTommy at August 23, 2007 7:08 PM

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aspiringcrackaddict says ...

"journalists, who police themselves like no other profession. No other group is as vigilant about maintaining its honor"

This naive son of bitch is going to remake Straw Dogs??? Are you for real Mr. Lurie??

Posted by aspiringcrackaddict at August 23, 2007 7:34 PM

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nemo says ...

"a group of people, journalists, who police themselves like no other profession ..."

Even my 11-year-old nephew knows that's not true.

Posted by nemo at August 23, 2007 8:15 PM

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nemo says ...

"No other group is as vigilant about maintaining its honor ..."

Perhaps he means no other group is as vigilant about staying within the conventional wisdom?

Posted by nemo at August 23, 2007 8:22 PM

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corey3rd says ...

What? Cause those journalists working for Rupert Murdoch really keep that "truth" rolling toward the masses.

Rod needs to remember that journalists are too busy worried about keeping their jobs to worry about policing themselves. The only reason they "police" themselves is to get some schmuck fired so you can swoop up their beat.

Posted by corey3rd at August 23, 2007 8:23 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Good to know that most journalists just edit quotes to read better. Wells, don't you like his film? Wouldn't you be taking every oppurtunity to support it? Why are you throwing him to us back-biting bitches? Time for a mea culpa?

Posted by BurmaShave at August 23, 2007 8:34 PM

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JD says ...

Don't forget, Rod Lurie used ot be a journalist so when he says journalists are honorable, he's really saying "I'm honorable."

Posted by JD at August 23, 2007 9:11 PM

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Pinko Punko says ...

I want to think nice things about Rod Lurie, but if he made that statement, he needs to read the Daily Howler archives for the last 8 years.

Posted by Pinko Punko at August 23, 2007 10:53 PM

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malibugigolo says ...

Lurie is a hack.

I'm just waiting for Armond White to take him down for Lurie thinking people will care for the media loving story.

Wasn't Lurie the guy that gave Fisher King they one word review: why?

Posted by malibugigolo at August 23, 2007 11:57 PM

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Jesse Perry says ...

Actually, it was "Huh?"

http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/endpaper.3.10.0.htm

Posted by Jesse Perry at August 24, 2007 7:22 AM

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christian says ...

as one of three people who think THE FISCHER KING is possibly the most overrated film of the 90's, i agree with lurie's review.

but i've yet to see the media journalists who sandbagged this country into war deliver any sort of mea culpa. in fact they continue to cover their asses on a daily basis.

Posted by christian at August 24, 2007 10:51 AM

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