[Movie Night] Westlake Tribute
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bryantThursday night, 1/8, 8 PM: Point Blank. Lee Marvin stars, John Boorman directs. I reviewed it briefly here. It's based on Donald Westlake's first Parker book, although I wouldn't call the movie a faithful adapatation per se. It's not a caper movie, and Westlake is a much more straightforward storyteller than Boorman. The movie verges on surreal.
But it's one of the two best Westlake-related movies and The Grifters is too grim, to say the very least.
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But it's one of the two best Westlake-related movies and The Grifters is too grim, to say the very least.
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Date: 2009-01-02 03:54 pm (UTC)Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-02 08:41 pm (UTC)Re: Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-02 09:37 pm (UTC)Re: Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-02 11:59 pm (UTC)Not that it's not fun, but really, really good is not a descriptor I would apply.
Re: Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-03 12:22 am (UTC)Over at Tor.com, Jo Walton did a nice article on Westlake.
Re: Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-03 03:04 am (UTC)Re: Caper movies
Date: 2009-01-03 07:20 pm (UTC)Oh, and...
Date: 2009-01-03 03:07 am (UTC)