> (Foley also did a great job with . . . GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS,
Ahh, one of my favorite films of all time.
Ron C.
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> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
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> Subject: RARA-AVIS: NYT piece on Winterbottom's THE KILLER INSIDE ME
>
> I finally got around to reading this piece, which appeared two weeks ago
in the
> Times. I'd be interested in the list's take. I was frankly a little
rankled by its premise:
> Only European directors know how to film Thompson, supposedly (according
to
> Tavernier) because they see him as a literary artist, and don't play up
the pulp at
> the expense of the "metaphysical elements" which Americans "always leave
out."
>
> Admittedly, the American versions cited in the piece fall short, but the
writer
> (Charles McGrath) completely ignores James Foley's AFTER DARK, MY SWEET.
> Weird omission. I thought it was a great film, a worthy adaptation of
Thompson with
> deft handling of the "metaphysics" -- whatever the hell that's supposed to
mean in
> this context; I take it to mean the psychological and moral subtlety and
complexity -
> - but it was overshadowed by THE GRIFTERS, which came out at the same
time.
> In fact, I almost wonder if McGrath ignored AFTER DARK MY SWEET precisely
to
> handicap the Europeans-Do-Jim-Better canard.
>
> (Foley also did a great job with AT CLOSE RANGE and GLENGARRY GLEN
> ROSS, then apparently had personal problems and made a only few films
after
> that. I've seen FEAR and THE CORRUPTORS, both with Mark Wahlberg, liked
> both, but neither were as impressive as the earlier stuff.)
>
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