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Essays & Articles


GoodFellas
Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. Oscar Wasn't Good to Goodfellas or Scorsese, Again I thought I would write my first column for this newspaper about the film that I, along with many other critics across the nation, thought was the best film of 1990. Director Martin Scorsese's movie GoodFellas told the true story of mafia member Henry Hill and his life and partnership in the mob. The movie' script is based

David Gourgues
Jun 13 min read


Jungle Fever
Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. Spike Lee's latest film, Jungle Fever, is not on par with his 1989 masterpiece Do The Right Thing. But then again, I think Do The Right Thing is one of the top ten movies of the 1980's, so how could I expect Jungle Fever to top it? I couldn't. What I could expect though, was supreme story-telling and movie-making. Lee makes movies the way they should be made: to provoke ques

David Gourgues
Jun 13 min read


The Academy Awards: A Special Oscar Preview
Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. If you follow movies closely and have been keeping up with the entertainment articles and television shows the last few weeks, you know that almost every film critic across America usually slams the Academy Awards for being too business oriented and not selecting films for their artistic achievement. True. Since I have been watching the Academy Awards, I don't think a year h

David Gourgues
Jun 14 min read
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