Spartan was excellent--maybe my favorite Mamet movie,
although I did like Oleana and Homicide quite a bit also.
Another very good Val Kilmer noir movie is The Salton
Sea.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, harry.lerner@...
wrote:
>
> Although not really a plot in reverse, SPARTAN
(2004) starring Val
> Kilmer is also a worthwhile recent noir. It
essentially involves
the
> search for the missing daughter of the US president,
but the plot
jumps
> around quite a bit in order to provide, in an
indirect sort of way,
> some context for not only what happened to the
president's
daughter,
> but also what happened to Kilmer's character that
led him into this
> search in the first place and how those events
ultimately aid in
his
> efforts. A good film, even if not quite in the same
league as
MEMENTO.
>
> Best,
> Harry
> Quoting Charlie Williams
<cs_will@...>:
>
> > While we're on a reversal theme (and getting
back to books), I
> > recommend Martin Amis's TIME'S ARROW. He never
gets as deep as you
> > want him to go but he sure knows how to have
fun with words. Not
noir
> > or HB, I know. But he did write NIGHT TRAIN.
I've had that one on
my
> > shelf for years, unread, bruised and bloody
from the slagging it's
> > got from virtually every genre fan but still
standing, calling
me. I
> > suspect I'll love it. But I'm just a little
afraid to read it in
case
> > I don't.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > ----------
> > charliewilliams.net
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, jxshannon2@
wrote:
> >>
> >> For fans of things that run backwards, can
I recommend Harold
> > Pinter's
> >> "Betrayal." (Filmed in 1983) It's an
incredible feat of
writing,
> > and works
> >> better than you would ever think, though
it's not noir.
> >> John Shannon
> >>
> >>
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