NY Times Movie Blurb Poetry

[lumineaux]

Although really, rather than poetry, I think this one would make a great title for a noir crime novel:

“Shutter Island” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Blood, swearing, cigarettes.

Tell me you wouldn't buy "Blood, Swearing and Cigarettes" by Dashiell Hammet?  Or go see a movie by that name starring Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyk?  

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[ldykatrina.livejournal.com]

too funny.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

"Or go see a movie by that name starring Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyk?"

LOL.

I want to add Bette Davis, but it could be overkill.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Well, if we add Bette Davis, we also need Joseph Cotton or Edward G. Robinson. ;-)

[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that several episodes of "Mike Hammer" ?

[delabarre.livejournal.com]

It aptly describes Ulric preparing the pig roast at our wedding.

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

Excellent title... now if only we could find some actors who are still alive, it'd be easier to make, and there'd be no dealing with exhumation hearings...

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

OK, so who would you cast in a modern noir named "Blood, Swearing and Cigarettes"?

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

Bad brain day today. I'm not ignoring this challenge :-)
Question, though... are we going novo-retro, where I'd have to stick with an all white cast?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

where I'd have to stick with an all white cast?

Oh no, that would be dull.

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

Then even on a bad day, I'd like Taye Diggs as the P.I.
When I saw him in "Chicago", I started writing a screenplay with him as a crime-solving speakeasy piano player. That stalled when I realized I don't know jack about being black in the 1920s. Still, I have this image of him as a really cool hard-boiled P.I. I was going to use period slang for detective, but hard-boiled dick... ow, ow, ow...
Other casting forthcoming.

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

Let's see now...
Using The Maltese Falcon as a pseudo-reference:
Taye Diggs as Sam Spade... may have to change that name ;-)
Sarah Shahi as the Sassy Secretary
KZ Jones as the seductive Femme Fatale (Morena Baccarin, youthful alt.)
Mos Def as Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre)
I would love to see George Clooney put on a few pounds to play a Sydney Greenstreet-ish character... nowhere near that actual weight, though. I think his portrayal of civility and dignity mixed with felony would be spot-on.
Ron Livingston as the meddling cop with a perpetual 5:00 shadow.
Any other significant characters?

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

You know, one of my favorite episodes of Deep Space 9 is the one where they are characters in the 1940s. Frankly, I wouldn't mind using that entire cast for this movie.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Jennifer Connolly needs to be cast in a noir. If you don't believe me, watch The Rocketeer. Or Dark City (I think that's her)

You missed the most obvious actor for Sydney Greenstreet type, though: Peter Jurasik

I absolutely agree on Ron Livingston. I saw Band of Brothers before I ever saw Office Space, and I don't think he gets enough drama cred.

George Clooney needs to find a smart, worthy leading lady, a couple of incredible screenwriters, and do a modern version of the Thin Man movies.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

You could set it in Paris, where being black in the 20s was cool and exotic. Or do a lot of research.

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

If you get the chance, watch "Defying Gravity". Ron Livingston is the lead male. Good show, well written, technically superb to the point that they actually got a real deep-dive hard suit for the Venus excursion suit prop! ABC canceled it after airing 9/13 episodes, of course.
I cracked up: Peter Jurasik was my first pick!
Jennifer Connolly was, indeed in Dark City. I was trying, last night, to think of where she'd fit in. Going with the Maltese Falcon meme, I think she'd be good as the dead partner's wife, but I'd want to expand the role, so it's worth something.

As to the other project, it has a deep anti bigotry theme, so cool and black would make a lot of work for me... It uses the '20s black v. Irish animosity. It's actually a mature project, and if I ever have the means, I'll hire "real" screenwriters who will do it justice. As it is, right now I'm writing a story with this horrible character that I hate so much, I've turned to my favorite writers' forum as a support group!

[laughingzombie.livejournal.com]

LOL!!