I think that Angel Heart is a rather under-rated movie. It's
well directed by Alan Parker, and has one of the better
creepy atmospheres on film since the heyday of Val
Lewton.
Mark
On 6/9/08, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- On Mon, 6/9/08,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net <DJ-Anonyme%40webtv.net>
<
>
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net <DJ-Anonyme%40webtv.net>>
wrote:
>
> The book also got me started thinking about other
series that overlap
> the hardboiled and occult worlds, especially loner
investigators who
> bridge the two worlds. I'm thinking of series like
George Chesbro's
> Mongo series, or shows like Forever Knight, Reaper,
the earlier (and far
> darker, more serious, wish it would come out on DVD)
Brimstone, some
> Angel, though much of it takes place only in the
occult world. That
> last reservation would also rule out Charlie
Huston's Joe Pike series.
> As much as I enjoy it, it's almost entirely set in
the politics of the
> world of vampires, even if that world is used to
satirize the real
> world.
>
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> My favorite occult hard boiled is FALLING ANGEL by
William Hjortsberg. It
> follows an investigation by New York PI Harry Angel
in search of a missing
> jazz crooner who disappeared during WWII. It gets
weird very fast. There's
> an amazing scene in one of those abandoned NYC
subway platforms.
>
> A movie based on it called ANGEL HEART, starring
Mickey Rourke as Harry
> with a great supporting cast including DeNiro is
worth seeing, too. Director
> Allen Parker moved the majority of the scenes to New
Orleans for some
> reason. The book begins and ends in New York. The
movie is predominantly
> about VooDoo, the book about ceremonial
magick.
>
> Patrick King
>
>
>
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