The universe moves in mysterious ways ... It seems that Kwan
Yin, in her infinite wisdom & mercy saw fit to compensate
me for postponing the weekend viewing of "The Cockfighter" by
having a nice "double" (on separate channels) of excellent
film adaptations of a couple of modern HB novels on free to
air television (you're lucky to get 2 good flix a month
usually) - "Out of Sight" & "To Live and Die in L A".
I've seen them both before but the latter not for many years.
I've previously dissed Soderbergh's films here but this one I
do like. Nice one.
"To Live & Die in L A" - at least as good as I remembered
it, if one forgets the godawful soundtrack music provided by
Wang Chung. Dated 2 years before they recorded it & it
always sounded like crap, IMO. I seem to recall some
dissatisfaction in some quarters about this adaptation not
being that faithful to the book but I noticed that Gerald
Petievich had co-written the screenplay with William
Friedkin. If you haven't seen it, check it out. I haven't
managed to get hold of the original novel yet but it's one to
look forward to. Does anyone know what Petievich is up to
these days? I haven't read anything that recent by him.
Rene
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