How to end a brilliant movie--be SUPERbrilliant. This was Carol Reed and Graham Greene at their best--and the same could be said of all the actors. I've probably seen it ten-twelves times in my life. I watched it again just a few weeks ago on YCM.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
7 comments:
One of my top 5 or 10 favorite movies ever. It was a thrill to go to Vienna and visit the Prater and ride the giant ferris wheel.
The only problem was, I expected it all to be black & white!
Jeff M.
That happens to me a lot!
That happens to me a lot!
The whole film is pitch-perfect for me.
One of those films you can never see too many times.
How to end a brilliant movie--be SUPERbrilliant. This was Carol Reed and Graham Greene at their best--and the same could be said of all the actors. I've probably seen it ten-twelves times in my life. I watched it again just a few weeks ago on YCM.
Can you imagine a scene like that being shot today? It would have hundreds of jump cuts, closeups, light flashes, and a floating camera.
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