> Speaking of hardboiled movies, I've got Day of
the
> Locusts (based on Nathanael West's novel) to
watch
> from Netflix. I'm looking forward to
that. With all
> the B movie titles associated with hardboiled,
this
> one looks like a major production with several
big
> names.
>
> miker
>
> --I'm in a minority of Locusts. I think it's a fine
true rendering of the
> novel. The critics despised it. Really savage
reviews. They complained about
> the laconic qualities of the protagonist but if you
read the novel that seems
> to me anyway to be one of the themes West used most
forcefully--how he just
> hangs on, getting nowhere, philosophical about his
dilemma and unable to take
> any meaningful action.
>
> Ed Gorman
>
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