Two noir bent directors get double featured. Who is John Dahl? Red Rock West and Arizona-Noir. Playing with the lie. When to bail. Lara Flynn Boyle’s Suzanne. A cowardly femme fatale. Keeping the mystery magic. Dennis Hopper being a scary motherfucker. Surprises without twists. Weak allegiance. The intensity of Dennis Hopper and Nicholas Cage. Alice’s love of movie one-sheets. Burn After Reading and the influence of Saul Bass. A story of idiots. Hyperrealism. Carter Burwell, Roger Deakins and Emmanuel Lubezki. Tilda Swinton has to model. Has to. Voice work. Cave Johnson. The dangling plot thread of Double Feature.
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Red Rock West
Released: October 1, 1993
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Director: John Dahl
Writer: John Dahl, Rick Dahl
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, JT Walsh
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike winds up mistaken for a hit man and plays along. After deciding to take advantage of the situation, things go wrong as the real killer arrives in town.
Burn After Reading
Released: September 12, 2008
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Director: The Coen Brothers
Writer: The Coen Brothers
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
