I'm glad someone brought up one of my all-time favorite
novels, DOG SOLDIERS, and one of my favorite films, WHO'LL
STOP THE RAIN (which, of course, is an adaptation of DOG
SOLDIERS). The film is hard-boiled, centered around the war
in Vietnam and a bad heroin deal and some really bad
bad-guys. Nick Nolte stars and he is terrific. The film does
a great job of capturing the time, with a terrific score
drawn from Creedence Clearwater Revival songs. I'd recommend
seeing it first . DOG SOLDIERS, the novel by Robert Stone, is
a hundred times better. While it's a quality lit title (it
won the National Book Award when it came out), it is an
extreme novel, very dark, violent, definitely hard-boiled,
with truly depressing downbeat ending. True to life, in other
words. A lot of people who have read and re-read the novel,
as I have, are disappointed in the movie. But I think the
movie holds up for what it is. And you don't want to miss
Nolte's performance.
Kip
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