I can relate to this, Jordan. I had a really hard time
sitting through the first Postman movie, and kind of cringed
my way through the ending. The second, with Nicholson, was
better, but not much.
Then I read Double Indemnity and had to hand it to Cain for
the twists he came up with, but the whole time I was
wondering if every book he writes is about a guy helping an
attractive woman kill her husband?
Then I read Block's MONA or "Grifter's Game" a la Hard Case
Crime, and I realized THAT is how you do a kill-the-husband
book. Plus I like Block better because not all his books fall
into that plotline. There's got to be something else Cain
wrote where that doesn't happen, right?
Seth
On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:51 PM, <
funkmasterj@runbox.com>
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funkmasterj@runbox.com> wrote:
> I'm just not into James Cain's stuff. The first work
of his I read
> one of his short stories in a hard boiled / noir
anthology about a
> logger who saves a guy's life and then fights with
him over his
> (the saved guy's) ex-wife. I forced myself to watch
Double
> Indemnity Last week - I was turned off the first
time I started
> watching this, a while ago because I don't like a
narrative
> starting with a confession. I also read the Postman
Always Rings
> Twice. I just find the instant deep emotions to be
rather hollow.
> I know there are people who really do experience
this, but it just
> doesn't ring as believable to me. If there was more
backstory
> maybe. I don't plan to read/watch any more Cain,
it's not for me.
>
> Jordan
>
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