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A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999 Directed by Stacy Title
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Jonathan Penner Randall Batinkoff Norman Reedus Jamey Sheridan Brooke Taylor Jacqueline Bisset Mary-Louise Parker Jeffrey Schoeny Chris Sarandon Thomas F. Duffy Jonathan Banks Philip Baker Hall Kevin West Tony Plana Lobo Sebastian Lou Hill Jed Sura Maury Chaykin Lisa Boyle Kirsten Getchell Tracy Upton Joanna Gleason Nicholas Guilak Matt Salinger Martha Hackett Jeff Bowser Mary Ann Schmidt
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01 Jan 1999
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Lmao look at that ultra-edgy poster, the screaming title 🗲🗲LET THE DEVIL WEAR BLACK🗲🗲 and the guy holding a gun sideways in a gangsterish manner.
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#52FilmsByWomen 2017 pt. 19.
Judging by the title and poster, it seems like whoever marketed this was greatly invested in passing it off as a horror film, but it isn't remotely. It's an LA-set mobster riff on Shakespeare's Hamlet that tries to get into metaphysics and the changing urban landscape, both without much success. So in summation, yeah, this film was ok.
Cf. King of New York
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Случайно мной обнаруженная версия "Гамлета" в эстетике криминального кино 90-х. Главный герой, кстати, муж покойной, увы, дамы-режиссера, мотается всю ночь со своими дружками (один из них Норман Ридус) по вечеринкам и стрипбарам Лос-Анджелеса и постепенно начинает подозревать своего дядю в убийстве отца. Много псевдоостроумной болтовни и понтов, есть сцена анального секса в туалете с условной Офелией (Мэри Луиз Паркер), а пистолеты все держат исключительно плашмя. Также для мебели появляются Мори Чайкин и Филип Бейкер Холл. "Хорошее было время".
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Watched it to see a neat neo-noir Hamlet by the Bye Bye Man director herself (RIP, Stacy Title), but at a certain point it hit me this was a bit more than that: a meditation on how mental illness ends up making you talk around certain subjects and constantly pursue self-destructive avenues in order to avoid facing hard truths. The conversations between Jonathan Penner and Mary-Louise Parker's characters in the middle of the film get this across fairly succinctly, and of course when the film moves on from those it's never quite able to reach those highs again, albeit still keeping you pretty engaged, with a touch of pretty sly black humour towards the end to boot.
Very neat stuff that makes me wonder what Title could have done with Walking Time Bomb.
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I don't even know how to review this one. It's Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner (the team who brought you my beloved Bye Bye Man) doing a modern-day Mafioso retelling of Hamlet and it's literally the most nineties thing that ever ninetiesed.
I mean, this is complete nonsense. Gibberish dialogue, lots of post-Tarantino floppy-haired guys in suits waving guns and being quirky, impenetrable plot that would make zero sense if you didn't know Hamlet and makes little even if you do. This is a hot mess and a half. It's absolutely unwatchable.
I know I've defended, multiple times now, The Bye Bye Man which is also a hot mess but that's a hot mess that pours itself all over my heart by being full of things I love. This one I feel like I just want to leave it in the bin. But then, I really hate the nineties.
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Looking at the reviews on Google Play, it seems the only ones to remember this film are the Norman Reedus fans.
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Listen to my guest spot on Hotbox the Cinema, in which we discuss the late Stacy Title's filmography.
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I may be in the minority after having enjoyed this movie, but I do tend to enjoy indie films for the most part. Yes, this is an adaptation of Hamlet with a few pretentious moments, but it never feels unbearable. You have witty dialogue, which gives the movie a darkly comic tone. These give the tragic nature of the story a nice contrast without coming across as out of nowhere.
The cast is great, and for the most part, they breathe life into their characters. You can tell they're putting their effort in despite the quality of the performances feeling a little uneven at times, but those moments are minimal. I did find the overall chemistry to be engaging enough,…