Re: RARA-AVIS: john d macdonald

From: Juri Nummelin ( jurnum@utu.fi)
Date: 29 Nov 2000


On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, James Rogers wrote:

> The original is much better than the remake.....not as brutal or as
> frankly sexual but much more atmospheric and suspensful. Mitchum really does
> seem like some kind of Uberman and doesn't chew the scenery the way DeNiro
> did in the remake. You should catch this one sometime.

It's available on video here, but I just haven't had a chance to check it out. But I really like the titles by Saul Bass in Scorsese's remake.

Juri

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