In a message dated 3/20/08 12:46:49 AM,
johnwilliams@ntlworld.com writes:
>
> For his latest novel, _The Poet_, however, Connelly
has decided to take
> a break from Bosch, and has instead written an
unusually thoughtful and
> unsettling serial killer novel. One that
focusses firmly on the role of
> the hunters: "I tried to make the hunt more
interesting than the actual
> killer," confirms Connelly, "I didn't want to spend
a whole lot of time
> with the killer".
>
this is part of what makes this book so compelling. by
withholding the killer, tracking him down by his
extraordinary feats makes him riveting
later, in The Narrows, the same killer takes on more human
proportions simply because we're spending time with him
there's something to be said about fear of the unknown. with
rare exceptions I've found this to be true. the only one that
immediately springs to mind was in Michael Mann's adaptation
of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon, the brilliant thriller
MANHUNTER. the killer's deeds are creepy, yes. but when we
actually meet the gigantic, hairlipped, stocking masked
Francis Dollarhyde thru the eyes of his terrified captive
Freddie Lounds, it's freak out time. and then Mann actually
makes the guy sympathetic
and Bryan Cox's detached portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in the
same film is nightmare inducing
John Lau
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