ph: Édouard Boubat
Saturday, September 15, 2018
First Lines: Diana Wynne Jones - The Lives of Christopher Chant
It was years before Christopher told anyone about his dreams.
Because of the Cats (1973)
A gang of wealthy ne'er do wells rape and terrorize women for fun and force their husbands to watch, and a police detective tries to catch them.
Basically a standard crime mystery with a quite construed plot, but interspersed with exploitative elements and with an almost psychedelic and over-the-top end sequence.
Friday, September 14, 2018
Schwarzer Kies (1961)
A West German trucker who illegally sells black gravel reunites with a former lover, now married to an American.
Keen and relentless portayal of postwar Germany panned by critics in its time, but by now is considered a classic and an accurate document of its era.
First Lines: Reginald Hill - Under World
'Another fine mess you've got me into,' said Detective-Superintendent Andrew Dalziel.
