Something for the BSC Mystery/Crime contingent here in the form of a trailer for a Jim Thompson novel adapted for the big screen. Seems like it has a solid enough cast in Casey Affleck (as Lou Ford) Jessica Alba (who we just saw on the Machete poster), Kate Hudson, Ned Beatty, Bill Pullman and Elias Koteas. I’d say that if you are very easily bothered, this over 5-minute look at the film might not be safe for work.
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On a few occasions Michael Winterbottom’s films have garnered Palme d’Or nominations (top honors at the Cannes Film Festival). Here is the synopsis of Thompson’s novel:
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he’s a little slow and maybe boring, but that’s the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his ‘sickness’. It nearly got him put away when he was younger, but his adopted brother took the rap for that. But now the sickness that has been lying dormant for a while is about to surface again and the consequences are brutal and devastating. Tense and suspenseful, The Killer Inside Me is a brilliantly sustained masterpiece of the roman noir.
We are looking out for this next Summer!
That looks pretty damn good. Casey Affleck is becoming one of those actors where I’ll see just about anything he’s in.
Looks like the best adaptation yet of this book by far. Casey Affleck is perfect as Lou Ford and Kate Hudson looks like she is doing a good job here in expanding from her usual rom-com fare. Alba looks good here too.
I actually kind of think both Afflecks are pretty pimp, and at least give a look see (now) at either of their projects.
Ah, what a cutie, I addore her.