Comments on: Saturday, October 10: Mississippi Mud

By: Hervy

Hervy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:02:11 +0000

I think the internet will eventually take over entertainment.

Anyway, thanks for this well, I don’t know what to call it…. website.

I don’t watch much tv or movies but I depend on mentions like those done here to pick something to watch when I do want to sit still long enough!

Cheers.

By: Jon L. Breen

Jon L. Breen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:32:12 +0000

I love the film L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, but never read the novel, which is odd, because I did read the other three in the sequence.

By: John Floyd

John Floyd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:54:23 +0000

Jon, what did you think of the film version of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL as compared to the novel? I like Ellroy’s books, but I thought the movie was way better than the novel in this case. And I think you’re correct about THE BLACK DAHLIA being the only other Ellroy to be adapted to the screen.

And I had forgotten, Jeff, that the Charleses only appeared in THE THIN MAN. (Thank God for trivia experts!)

Quick question: Weren’t HEAVEN’S PRISONERS and IN THE ELECTRIC MIST the only two James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux) novels to be filmed?

By: Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:50:34 +0000

Jon, I’ll have to look up those movies (I actually haven’t seen them all!)
Thanks!

By: Jon L. Breen

Jon L. Breen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:42:57 +0000

Jeff, I don’t think Inspector Clouseau appeared in a film before THE PINK PANTHER, but there was an odd entry in the series with the title INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU and Alan Arkin in the role. It was sometime in the 1960s, probably between A SHOT IN THE DARK and RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER, at which time Sellers and Blake Edwards couldn’t get together for some reason.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, mentioned in John’s stimulating piece, actually was part of a four-book sequence but as a movie was a standalone. It is a great crime film, but the only other book from Ellroy’s sequence to be filmed (I believe) was THE BLACK DAHLIA, which proved a dud on the big screen.
Re THE THIN MAN: I think the first sequel AFTER THE THIN MAN was the equal or nearly of the first one, and the third film in the series, ANOTHER THIN MAN, was much the best strictly viewed as a fair-play detective story.

By: Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:18:53 +0000

Many people who enjoyed the Thin Man movies (like me)think the Charles’ appear in a bunch of books by Hammet. But nope, there’s just the one. And didn’t Inspector Cleauseau appear in a film before The Pink Panther? Played by someone other than Peter Sellers?

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:40:59 +0000

The poster James picked reminded me of the Abbot & Costello movie with Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, and the Werewolf. I’d like to see that again some day.