[78-L] Holiday torture (tenuous 78 connection, sorry)

[Don Cox]

On 26/12/2011, David Lennick wrote:

> I'm still getting even with my wife for choosing "Going My Way" to
> watch the other night, instead of "Holiday Inn" (both are on the same
> dvd). Somebody really should have cut 30 minutes from that thing (Rise
> Stevens was definitely in the wrong movie, for starters).
> 
I think most films are about 30 minutes too long, and should have been
shortened at the script stage. 70 minutes should be plenty to tell a
story - "Bambi" is 72 mins and "Dumbo" is 64: plenty happens in both.

There are of course a few long films that are masterpieces and fully
justify their length, but they art the exceptions.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox at enterprise.net