MEDIA COOL
OK, I’ve heard that this is simply silly “just say no”-ism. And I’ve heard it was supposedly one of those Hollywood disasters that was taken away from the director, etc. But I thought Bret Easton Ellis’s novel was one of the most overrated novels in the history of the printed word, how ever readable it might have been—and this at least managed to hold my interest.
MEDIA COOL
This month’s Media Cools were written by Bill Holdship, J. Kordosh, Karen Schoemer and Vicki Arkoff.
LESS THAN ZERO (20th Century Fox)
OK, I’ve heard that this is simply silly “just say no”-ism. And I’ve heard it was supposedly one of those Hollywood disasters that was taken away from the director, etc. But I thought Bret Easton Ellis’s novel was one of the most overrated novels in the history of the printed word, how ever readable it might have been—and this at least managed to hold my interest. It may not be the Beverly Hills version of River’s Edge that some were hoping for, but it’s more uplifting than the book. And if it stops some kid somewhere from abusing cocaine, then it’s worth it. Of course, no one really has a cocaine problem. They all can handle it. B.H.
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS: THE BEATLES’ LAST CONCERT by Eric Lefcowitz (Terra Firma Press)