Best film of the year (next to Out of the Furnace), best portrayal of a sociopath and my kind of night cinematography. Also a great satire on media and “making it”/ruthless ambition and corporate careers. Highly recommended as a must see:
Category Archives: Crime
April 30, 2008
Still Riding the Hurricane
- Dez Vylenz
Still Riding the Hurricane Crazy Urban Commando Missions. Haven’t even had time to update this web log in 3 weeks since I came back from Suriname (with plenty footage and stills). Very intense time in London and Amsterdam now, manoeuvring between 5 different projects, one of them a challenging commercial. Had a meeting in The […]
February 20, 2008
Jim Thompson
- Dez Vylenz
Jim Thompson In between running the business, meetings, writing and preparing the next expeditions, I’ve been constantly on the move again in London, From E-W, N-S, writing while on trains, but mostly reading. Some of the best stuff to read while moving on public transport is crime-noir fiction or hard-boiled as it’s often called. Some […]
January 23, 2008
No Country for Old Men
- Dez Vylenz
I started reading Blood Meridian last summer and savoured it, reading bits on trains, planes and other moving platforms, finishing the last page just into the New year. Incredible energy and the first book I read by Cormack McCarthy, although I’d read about his work in numerous essays, a number of which connected to film […]