You know I realized I was kind of missing on the movie scene?
All those small budget neo-noir movies that Hollywood pumped out in the 80s and 90s. A lot were formulaic and had more posturing than acting.
But there were still a lot of gems in that subgenre: One False Move, Red Rock West, Deep Cover (Lawrence Fishburne's best), Body Heat (which kicked the noir revival off), Johnny Handsome, Angel Heart, The Grifters, The Last Seduction (Linda Fiorentino would've won an Oscar if the movie weren't disqualified on a technicality)...
You could still write a spec-script for that show. (I mean, I thought that in general you don't send spec scripts of the show your sending the spec scripts too - right? You could write a Kitchen Confidential spec and send it to Treme, for example.)
All those small budget neo-noir movies that Hollywood pumped out in the 80s and 90s.
Would you put No Way Out in this list? I've always thought of it as a noir-type film.
Well, it can't be for something dead.
Unfortunately.
(although I did hear once about someone getting an awesome writing job from writing an MTM where Mary comes out of the closet.)
I could write a very Merlotte's True Blood or something.(And then, promptly lose my soul from the moment of perfect happiness if I got the job, but, hey, it's Hollywood. I won't need it.)ETA: Hec, wrod.
Deep Cover (Lawrence Fishburne's best)
Loved this. Jeff Goldblum was awesome as well.
Also (speaking of one of Lawrence's best) King of New York. You don't see that kind of cast much anymore: [link]
Ooh. Google's tribute to Chaplin's birthday is pretty cool.
A True Bourdain No Reservations would have to be on Showtime.
Would you put No Way Out in this list?
Certainly. It's actually based on a classic film noir.
You don't see that kind of cast much anymore:
Right? How many badasses can you get in one movie? I liked Caruso in that film too. Fishburne had a way of gliding with both guns out like he was flying.
True enough, Laga.
Although it can be amazing what gets through on the Travel Channel(Brent Bozell must not have it, is all I'm saying. Or that Catholic dude that hates everything. Of course, they probably don't love junkie lit as much as I do, either, so it's probably easier to hang out in the old bomb shelter all "La la la, I'm not listening,"
I DO know he is going to get letters this week, though. Because he called himself "paralyzed" and a "cripple" and my people? to put it bluntly? Are letter-writing fools.
