loved that film, and the book's author (mental blank) really found his voice with that novel. Both great works.

just to throw it in here, the film adaptation of Thompson's "After Dark, My Sweet" is perhaps the best american noir film around. Not neo-noir, despite it's release date. Best noir.

apparently you have not read or seen Sunset Limited, or his other scripts. The talk is blah blah college-level philosophizing. He's a different beast in his novels.

amen. the screenplay, which I've read twice, is awful. Almost, but not quite, entertainingly awful.