A masterpiece of production design and cinematography. A screenplay bursting at the seams with themes and ideas. All tied to rather dull story about a detective who doesn’t really detect anything.
It’s an admirable but flawed film, and, I prefer the original version with the film-noir voiceover.
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Ford has a knack for picking scripts with huge story problems 😁 But I loved this one anyway 😁
I enjoyed it.
Rutger Hauer's "tears in rain" monologue at the end of the film is, as a standalone improvisation, one of the best ever in film, though. Nice review!
I have not watched this movie. Excellent review!