Viewing ‘Traffic’
Congratulations to Gene Seymour for pointing out how overrated “Traffic” is (“Are Audiences Feeling ‘Cast Away’ in Heavy ‘Traffic’?,” Jan. 30).
If people want to see a great film about the same subject, check out “Deep Cover,” starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. It’s the film “Traffic” should have been.
STEVE BARR
Los Angeles
Seymour commented about “Cast Away”: “I saw the movie’s potential to become a newfangled Buster Keaton absurdist comedy. (Coming soon: Wilson the Volleyball in ‘Safety Last.’)”
I am hoping it was merely a segue and that he was not implying that “Safety Last” is a Keaton film. It stars, of course, one of the other silent film maestros, Harold Lloyd.
JESSE ROSSA
Los Angeles
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