Moon In The Gutter Blog

The moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring.

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The moon in the gutter. Director jean jacques beineix s betty blue was a critical and financial success back in 1986 when it first hit the big screen. This is the second feature by a young french director named jean jacques beineix whose first film the 1981 hit diva also was. In the rough guide to crime fiction 2007 barry forshaw cites the moon in the gutter as his representative goodis text in arguing that of all the noir novelists goodis comes the closest to the existential angst of camus and sartre.

Chen turns tables in taut character study argentina s veronica chen adds to the annals of violent amour fou with her seventh feature high tide a juicy character study cum thriller which navigates the amorphous tensions of gender and class boundaries seem made only to be crossed in such tenuous intersections where victim becomes victimizer in a world where moral. Posts about moon in the gutter written by halmasonberg. Blog created edited and written by jeremy richey. Although the moon in the gutter features a 1080p avc mpeg 4 encode presented in a 2 35 1 aspect ratio it marks the worst looking blu ray i ve ever seen.

Began in dec 2006. Just over three months ago i started running. Moon in the gutter month by month 2020 3 jul 2020 1 jun 2020 1 feb 2020 1 2019 1 jan 2019 1 2018 6 nov 2018 3 aug 2018 2 jun. It is all style and no heart and the giveaway is that we never really care about the characters even though each one has a suitably tragic story.

David goodis is commonly ranked in the top tier of noir novelists and the moon in the gutter is commonly ranked among his best work. From the very first shots of the film you ll notice that the murky print jitters up and down the screen.