Adding to the chorus of "rent it now, erika" - you will not be sorry. Loads of great dialog performed by a nifty cast.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 06, 2005 8:20:53 am PST #8947 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hayden - Dec 06, 2005 8:32:37 am PST #8948 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
And, come on, it's crime fiction inspired by Hammett's Red Harvest starring Gabriel Byrne as one of the slipperiest anti-heroes to grace pop culture. I think it's the Coen's finest film. Maybe The Big Lebowski is equal.
Scrappy - Dec 06, 2005 8:36:43 am PST #8949 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am getting little shivers of anticipation knowing how much Erika is going to love Miller's Crossing.
Today I am very sad because I finished watching Season One of Deadwood last night and I want there to be new episodes at home, damn it. I loved it and am buying it for future rewatch. Well, I am buying it if I can find a good used copy which I can fit into the budget. I am totally besotted with the writing, the cast, and the language.
Hayden - Dec 06, 2005 8:41:25 am PST #8950 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I am buying it if I can find a good used copy which I can fit into the budget.
That's my take on it, too, but so far, no go.
Season One was fantastic, though. Season Two isn't out on DVD yet?
Strega - Dec 06, 2005 8:43:19 am PST #8951 of 10002
it's crime fiction inspired by Hammett's Red Harvest
I think it owes more to The Glass Key, though Red Harvest's in there, too.
That's you all over, Tom. A lie, and no heart.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 8:52:09 am PST #8952 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
How did I miss that? Caught me during my chicklit"OMG, RossNRachelle4evah!1 "phase I bet...uh, I mean, I've always been bad. I shall rent it quickly, lest I become the very spirit of vexation.
- "We were on a break!"=Still funny, though
Scrappy - Dec 06, 2005 8:54:24 am PST #8953 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Season Two isn't out on DVD yet?
Not out yet. Cocksuckers.
erikaj - Dec 06, 2005 8:59:56 am PST #8954 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
They take about forever to make with the DVDs, HBO. I would call, but there is probably a restraining order out on me with them right now, aifg. Although maybe it would be a relief for them not to hear about "The Wire" from me again, especially considering the dead dog and all.
Nutty - Dec 06, 2005 9:29:39 am PST #8955 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
crime fiction inspired by Hammett's Red Harvest
I'm sorry; Miller's Crossing is a barefaced plagiarism of Hammett's The Glass Key, cobbled onto Red Harvest, with a climactic scene stolen lovingly from Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts.
I saw the movie before I'd read any of these, so it was rather the shock when I read The Glass Key. I kept being like, this is so familiar!! before figuring it out, and then had to wonder at length why the COen brothers don't acknowledge a single source in their film.
(They avoid copyright infringement due to the cobbling-together business.)
shrift - Dec 06, 2005 9:31:33 am PST #8956 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
A few days late, but for the record, Hec:
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women. [note: Why does this make me think of Shrift?]
Never, ever think that again!