There are a lot of recent caper and/or con films. In the last
two weeks alone, I've seen Confidence, Better Luck Tomorrow
(not really a caper film, but follows a group of young guys
beginning criminal careers) and The Good Thief -- I didn't
make a screening of Jean-Pierre Melville's original, Bob Le
Flambeur (which I did see years ago), but I did catch his Le
Cercle Rouge. And I've seen previews of The Hard Word and The
Italian Job (which does not seem comic like the original, nor
set in Italy, for that matter).
In the last few years, there have been The Heist, The Score,
Snatch and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, to name but
a few.
Not a single one of these is based on a book, though. As a
matter of fact, I can think of very few written equivalents
during the same period. There is the revived Parker series,
of course, but I can't think of many others besides Russell
James. Even a novel like Narrowback dispenses with the caper
at the beginning of the book to focus on the actions they set
in motion.
Am I right in this, that there are not many caper or con
novels coming out these days? Or am I just unaware of the
contemporary Dan J Marlowes and Ross Thomases?
If so, can someone please tell me what I'm missing? I'd
really like to know.
Mark
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