{"id":3970,"date":"2009-03-07T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T23:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2009-04-13T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T22:53:08","slug":"dominick-dunne-after-the-party-k-de-garis-and-t-jolley-2008-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=3970","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Dunne: After the Party (K. de Garis and T. Jolley, 2008): Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy<\/a>. Viewed on DVD.<\/p>\n

\"dunne-photo1\"Dominick Dunne, for those of you unfamiliar with the name, is an author of several true-life crime novels such as A Season in Purgatory<\/em>, and Another City<\/em>, Not My Own<\/em>, and is also a writer for Vanity Fair magazine.\u00a0 Dunne acts as correspondent for V. F. on high-profile courtroom trials such as The Menendez Bros., O. J. Simpson, and more recently Phil Spector.<\/p>\n

Dunne is a raconteur of sorts amongst the celebrity elite; mixing with the best he acts as both confidante and investigative journalist.\u00a0 In his earlier career, he was an obsessive person that chased after elusive celebrity, hobnobbing with the likes of Natalie Wood, Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor and Jane Fonda.\u00a0 When the celebrity lifestyle caught up to him at 50, he hit bottom from alcohol and drug abuse.\u00a0 Dunne was then forced to examine himself and re-invent his persona, and at 82 he has experienced celestial highs as well as degrading lows in his life.<\/p>\n

Dunne started out in show business first as a stage manager, then moved up to a T. V. producer, and finally ended up as a film producer.\u00a0 He has had first-hand experience in the criminal courtroom, when in 1982 his 22 year old daughter (actress Dominique Dunne) was strangled by a former lover.\u00a0 Attending her murder trial on a daily basis, Dunne used his notes to draft his first article for Vanity Fair \u2013 Justice: A Father\u2019s Account of the Trial of his<\/em> Daughter\u2019s Killer<\/em>.\u00a0 He once again became obsessed with celebrity culture, but of the criminal element, and now assumes the role of victim\u2019s rights advocate.<\/p>\n

Dominick Dunne: After the Party <\/em>follows Dunne through the Phil Spector trial.\u00a0 Phil Spector was a famous and prolific record producer from the 60\u2019s, who created the \u201cWall of Sound.\u201d He also\u00a0appeared in Dennis Hopper\u2019s\u00a01969 cult classic\u00a0Easy Rider<\/em>, and is now on trial for the 2003 murder of Sunset Strip\u2019s House of Blues\u2019 hostess, Lana Clarkson.<\/p>\n

Australian filmmakers Kirsty de Garis and Timothy Jolley, provide a balanced portrait of Dominick Dunne.\u00a0 There is a montage of photos and 8mm clips from happier times, interspersed with interviews of celebrities from his era, as well as one-on-one interviews with Dunne himself, all set against the backdrop of the Phil Spector trial.\u00a0 Although the\u00a0cinematography appears a bit crude at times, keep in mind it is a low-budget documentary.\u00a0 The film is both honest and reflective; a glimpse into the pitfalls of celebrity-dom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy. Viewed on DVD. Dominick Dunne, for those of you unfamiliar with the name, is an author of several true-life crime novels such as A Season in Purgatory, and Another City, Not My Own, and is also a writer for Vanity Fair magazine.\u00a0 Dunne acts as correspondent for V. F. on high-profile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,67,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-dvd","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}