Un Crime Trailer

Really nice cover art. Glad you clarified the language deal, with co-productions so big nowadays, multi-national casts with dubbing, etc., I was at a loss when I read your initial review as to exactly what was going on (though I probably didn't read it carefully enough, I was breathless reading all the great reviews coming out of TIFF). Beart and Keitel is a pairing I never would have imagined in a million years, and that alone has me intrigued. I wouldn't call either one my favorite actor/actress (esp. not Beart, whom I really don't care for), but both have starred in some interesting films, and neither one is overly concerned about their image: they share a similar passion for taking part in unconventional work. And that I think anyone can respect. I know you'll all think I'm off my rocker when I say this, but one of my favorite roles by Keitel is his turn as an f**d-up 'deprogrammer' in Jane Campion's "Holy Smoke".

No Jon I'm right there with you. Holy Smoke is truly an underappreciated Gem. As strange as a Beart/Keitel pairing is. A Winslet/Keitel pairing is even stranger. And it works in wonderfully off-the-wall unexpected ways.

The TIFF review was difficult because the movie just seem to completely blow me away, while the rest of the crowd in the theatre was decidely indifferent to the material. But well done noir always has that affect. I love the genre to death, and blasphemous or not, the post-1970s so called neo-noir is just as good as the original 40s stuff because there is this way of taking the genre into strange (and mish-mashed) places.