The Dinner Game
In director Nancy Savoca’s film “Dogfight,” River Phoenix played a Marine ready to ship off to Vietnam who engages in an ugly date contest with his buddies. Each man was to bring the female equivalent of a dog to dinner, and whoever arrives with the mutt of the litter wins. Thanks to a talented cast and Savoca’s delicate handling of the subject matter, “Dogfight” emerged as more than a mean spirited exercise in humiliation. Read the rest of this entry »