Noir, etc.

[Vinnie]

Kayo Books has a mint OG Killer Inside Me for $650 bucks. Clearly would never even spend close to that on a book but it is really nice.

This cover:


I have this one:

Dig the Kubrick quote. Always heard he was either going to make that or A Clockwork Orange. Can't say he chose poorly by any means but would have loved to seen his take on Thompson's magnum opus. Anyone see the Casey Affleck version? yeesh

[hillside wrangler]

The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing is one of my favorite hardboiled crime novels, just re read it recently.

GREAT BOOK. Doesn't get the acknowledgment it should. Should be mentioned with Chandler and Hammett et al. but I'd never even heard of it 'til I picked up an anthology of '30s-'40s crime fic. (Also in the same collection: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Nightmare Alley, both essential reads.) Apparently they made a couple movies out of it. Ray Milland stars in one of 'em.

[meshkalina]

Kayo Books has a mint OG Killer Inside Me for $650 bucks. Clearly would never even spend close to that on a book but it is really nice.

This cover:


I have this one:

Dig the Kubrick quote. Always heard he was either going to make that or A Clockwork Orange. Can't say he chose poorly by any means but would have loved to seen his take on Thompson's magnum opus. Anyone see the Casey Affleck version? yeesh

I h ave the one you have Vin. Don't hate me if I say I thought Casey Affleck in the title role wasn't bad? Movie was alright.

[Waldo Jeffers]

Naked City is amazing. Have to admit that I haven't seen much Dassin besides.

Naked City is great, but I think the narration was a little redundant for the most part.

I want somebody to make Phillip Kerr's 'Berlin Noir' trilogy into a movie that doesn't suck.

Great idea but I think the better medium is HBO series. I don't know how you could pack all that stuff into one movie.

Yeah, I wouldn't want them to squash the trilogy into ONE movie! On an somewhat related note: 'Smiley's People' was ridiculous for that very reason.

Do you mean the new "Tinker, Tailor". I thought the BBC productions of that and "Smiley's People" were pretty faithful to the books.

[Eazy-E]

Do you mean the new "Tinker, Tailor". I thought the BBC productions of that and "Smiley's People" were pretty faithful to the books.

You're absolutely right. I was commenting on the folly of compressing 6 hours of compelling mini-series into 90 minutes of the Gary Oldman movie. Didn't work very well, in my opinion.

[Vinnie]

The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing is one of my favorite hardboiled crime novels, just re read it recently.

GREAT BOOK. Doesn't get the acknowledgment it should. Should be mentioned with Chandler and Hammett et al. but I'd never even heard of it 'til I picked up an anthology of '30s-'40s American crime novels. (Also in the same collection: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Nightmare Alley, both essential reads.) Apparently they made a couple movies out of it. Ray Milland stars in one of 'em.

Yeah, that is the only one I've seen. Pretty good, worth watching.

I watched In A Lonely Place recently, Bogie's best.

[Waldo Jeffers]

Do you mean the new "Tinker, Tailor". I thought the BBC productions of that and "Smiley's People" were pretty faithful to the books.

You're absolutely right. I was commenting on the folly of compressing 6 hours of compelling mini-series into 90 minutes of the Gary Oldman movie. Didn't work very well, in my opinion.

Yeah, it wasn't terrible but they should've definitely gone long form. They kind of squandered a great cast.

[nickg]

didnt think there was anything wrong with casey affleck's film version. anything in particular you didnt like, vinnie?

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

I forgot about Nightmare Alley. Good read.

Kayo is the best bookstore I've ever visited.

[Vinnie]

I only saw it once when it came out about 3 years ago. I didn't think it captured the vibe of the book very well and the women leads were annoyingly cast (Alba and Hudson).

[nickg]

the women leads were annoyingly cast (Alba and Hudson).

i'll agree with that.

[dS]

I want to re-watch all that French stuff now.  Le Cercle Rouge heist scene--TENSE!

[dS]

And the Rififi heist scene--MO TENSE!

[hillside wrangler]

Dig the Kubrick quote. Always heard he was either going to make that or A Clockwork Orange. Can't say he chose poorly by any means but would have loved to seen his take on Thompson's magnum opus. Anyone see the Casey Affleck version? yeesh

That Kubrick quote was what initially sold me on Killer before I knew much about Thompson. Probably been on every paperback edition of that book since J.C. walked the earth, and for good reason. Killer and Pop. 1280 are my favorite Thompson yarns. I could easily live in a universe without Clockwork, especially if it meant a Kubrick take on Killer. Fantasy bill 8-ball sez Nicholson and Karen Black, fresh off Easy Rider.

Bummed I didn't make it to Kayo when I was in SF for work last year. Got down to the store on a Saturday night but they'd been closed for about half an hour. Settled for a long look through the window at all kindsa wallet damage.

[Jared]

(Also in the same collection: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Nightmare Alley, both essential reads.)

Two of my favorites.


I thought the recent film version of Killer Inside Me was visually / aesthetically great, but overall pretty meh.