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Dogma
By Chris Willman
Chris Willman
Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly
A tip to those planning the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards: Don't put directors Kevin Smith and Paul Thomas Anderson at the same table. At Smith's website, a person who identifies himself as the ''Dogma'' lensman has relentlessly bashed Anderson's new three-hour opus, ''Magnolia.''

Neither auteur would comment for EW, but the postings speak for themselves: ''They sent me an Academy screener DVD [of ''Magnolia''] this week. I'll never watch it again, but I will keep it. I'll keep it right on my desk, as a constant reminder that a bloated sense of self-importance is the most unattractive quality in a person or their work.'' He also likens the film to ''a cinematic root canal.'' Ouch.


Posted Jan 27, 2000 | Order Article Reprints