>An essential ingredient of what made the Chandler
books so good is the acid wit.Clive Owen shows quite a few
flashes of dark wit in CHILDREN OF MEN. In that movie, he's
certainly going down mean streets while not himself being
mean.My favorite movie Marlowe to date is Dick Powell in
MURDER, MY SWEET. There's something about his song-and-dance
man's jauntiness that's perfectly suited to the character.
Hollywood could go that route again and cast Hugh Jackman in
the role. Anybody who can play Wolverine has proven tough guy
bona fides. And he's interested in the genre, having snapped
up James Sallis' DRIVE to star in himself.Vince
Keenanwww.vincekeenan.comPop culture, high and low, past and
present.One day at a time.
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