"Cristoforo" <
Cristoforo@mediaone.net> wrote:
<< I think After Dark, My Sweet is a rare example of
the movie being better than the book. Although I'm rabid for
Thompson, I found ADMS to be one of his less successful
efforts while the movie was great, with a star-making
performance by Jason Patric.
>>
This was an excellent and at times frightening film. Jason
Patric was marvelous, and his job in this role has
permanently branded that role in my mind -- whenever I see
him in a movie, I can't shake the image of him from After
Dark, My Sweet.
It's just like that superlative creepy job Eric Roberts did
in Star 80. I can hardly stand to watch him in anything since
then. Including The Pope of Greenwich Village. (How many ugly
people can you put in one movie that Fellini DIDN'T
direct?)
Anyway, I digress...
The Grifters was also well done, I thought. Creepy turns by
Angelica Huston and Annette Benning. John Cusack...did his
usual okay job, I thought. Not a standout. But maybe he's a
better actor than I think, because I never think he's a
standout -- maybe he makes it look easy.
But in all cases, I haven't read those books either. For some
reason I've stuck to Thompsons whose movies I haven't seen or
that haven't been made into movies.
-- Duane
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