there's a short, absolutely hysterical essay by libby
gelman-waxner on film noir ("Libby Noir"), partly by way of
this film, in ROGER EBERT'S BOOK OF FILM. definitely worth a
look, if you're not overly sensitive about your noir.
martha
sakana@stlnet.com <mailto:
sakana@stlnet.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Etienne Borgers
> I totally support Doug's opinion!!
> The book by Charles Williams was issued in 1955.
One
> of his bests!
> Was much later adapted to film as THE HOT SPOT
(1990)
> directed by Dennis Hopper; a little bit too "shiny"
as
> a film with a too heavily "obviously bad" set
of
> characters...
> Not on par with the book. Not a turkey but missed
the
> point IMO.
>
>
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