The Good Thief & Into the Night

The Good Thief suffers from comparison with Bob le Flambeur, the very excellent Melville film. The Good Thief follows the plot somewhat closely, but I really didn't care for the heroin aspect that was added. Nor did I like the cinematic tricks. Melville's film was a great precursor to French New Wave, and this was something of a mess. However, the ending of this film will always make me happy. Such a freakin' audacious way to end the film. Perfect. So that this movie includes the same twist takes away a little from it, but Nolte does a good job in the movie anyway. Fiennes was a very enjoyable in a small role as well. Basically, I enjoyed the movie, but the changes that were made detracted from the movie.

Into the Night is a dark little ridiculous film. Plus, I never expected to see Michelle Pfieffer taking anything out of her vagina. That was just... weird to see. Not on screen though, for those of you either horrified or very intrigued. Sorry to disappoint/reassure you. There are many other films if you want to see things stuck where they shouldn't be. Jeff Goldblum is very funny, and there is some very dark funny humor in it. And this may have the largest amount of directors with on screen roles of any film ever. And it has Bowie. Is there anything else you need to know when Bowie is in a film? I can't think of any.