It is not the story of Elizabeth Short. The movie is complicated. It's about characters who are impacted and obsessed with what happened to her.

Sydney Pollack recorded a candid commentary on [1973's] 'The Way We Were,' ... He revealed how upset Barbra Streisand was when he deleted two 'political' scenes she thought were central to her character. But only the most courageous will tell tales out of school about recent work because it can come back to haunt them. I know that from personal experience, having participated in a book about [what went wrong with the critically savaged] 'Bonfire of the Vanities.' You're not aware of it but certain things just don't happen.

There aren't many cases with the mythic quality of the Dahlia. London has Jack the Ripper. America has the Black Dahlia.

that won't last for long.

Sydney Pollack recorded a candid commentary on [1973's] 'The Way We Were,' ... He revealed how upset Barbra Streisand was when he deleted two 'political' scenes she thought were central to her character. But only the most courageous will tell tales out of school about recent work because it can come back to haunt them. I know that from personal experience, having participated in a book about [what went wrong with the critically savaged] 'Bonfire of the Vanities.' You're not aware of it — but certain things just don't happen.

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.