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Luis Llosa at Hollywood.com (1067 words) |
 | Llosa began as a film critic and segued into producing and directing made-for-TV documentaries, including the highly regarded "The Gold of the Incas". |
 | Llosa hails from one of Peru's most influential families; their activities have encompassed politics, the arts, broadcasting and other media. |
 | Llosa's first involvement with the US film industry was as an assistant to producer-director William Friedkin and a dialogue coach on the lavish jungle suspenser "Sorcerer" (1977), shot largely in the Dominican Republic and Mexico. |
| 'Anaconda' is so bad it's entertaining (775 words) |
 | When examining Llosa's track record, it becomes all too clear that this film's incompetence was not intentional, as Llosa's past two films--"Sniper" and "The Specialist"--rank among the most incompetent in recent history. |
 | Now, the question is whether the film's effectiveness is merely a fluke or whether Llosa finally realized that his limited talents are better suited to this arena. |
 | Llosa uses Voight's grimace as a character unto itself, frequently cutting back to it for no apparent reason. |