The music by Mascagni of course helps a lot here but it is beautifully done - it's such a hard film to sit through for me for the violent intensity of it and all the negativity - but the opening is beautiful,
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
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Well, hard to beat this one without getting pretty badly beaten...
The music by Mascagni of course helps a lot here but it is beautifully done - it's such a hard film to sit through for me for the violent intensity of it and all the negativity - but the opening is beautiful,
Patti - Oh, I thought De Niro was great in this one!
A very hard on to sit through. I remember my mother watching it and saying, "I don't understand why anyone would like this." I sort of see her point.
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