Let me cast another vote for Pop. 1280 as Thompson's
mastepiece. As for the notion that a remake can't be better
than the original, Huston's version of The Maltese Falcon was
the THIRD filming of the book.
BobT
Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Paul replied to me:
>
> "I read pop.1280 as part of my Thompson spree and
liked the humor and
> theology salted in there but still it's just a
remake of his classic
> masterpiece Killer Inside and the shadow can't be
greater than that
> which casts, or it wasn't in this case."
>
> Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.
As much as I liked
> Killer Inside Me, I thought Pop. 1280 was even
better.
>
> Mark
>
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