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The Long Good Friday - a great movie in that genre

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Victor Khomenko

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I have seen it several times, and tonight it was on again, so I looked some more.
One of the standard setting movies in that genre, and with a wonderful performances by Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, among several others... I love Bob.

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Makes a great double feature with Mona Lisa, / - Harmonia 23:25:44 01/17/05 (0)
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Re: The Long Good Friday - a great movie in that genre - warrenh@optonline.net 03:46:42 01/17/05 (4)
Man, was that a long time ago. great movie. I love Bob too.
- To all those who love Bob I always recommend The Raggedy Rawney - Victor Khomenko 06:04:03 01/17/05 (3)
  A very interesting and under-rated film that Bob directed.
  - He wasn't half bad in Mona Lisa either. (nt) - David S. 09:48:15 01/17/05 (2)
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    - One of the best acting turns in Mona Lisa... - Harmonia 23:23:47 01/17/05 (1)
      ...was Michael Caine's chiller of a gangster.
      Good film.
      - Got it on Laserdisc. He was mean!Hoskins was great. nt - Duilawyer 20:50:26 01/18/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: One of the best acting turns in Mona Lisa... posted by Harmonia on January 17, 2005 at 23:23:47:
        
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Re: The Long Good Friday - a great movie in that genre - TA 20:32:33 01/16/05 (2)
That is a heluva good film, Victor. I love it.
British gangster films seem to have taken on an unusual quality in recent years - it's like they've run their course with showing you violence and now explore it sideways.
I recently watched I'll Sleep When I'm Dead with Clive Owen (and directed by the same guy who did an earlier effort of his, Croupier). Owen plays a former gangster, so his performance is low-key and doesn't reach that bad ass, Samuel L. Jackson burning point. It's an interesting film that seems to focus more on the space between the lines.
Have you seen the Sopranos? I'm not much for TV but that was a very good series. I watched the first two seasons and have only recently seen the later seasons on DVD (through netflix). It builds up characters slowly in a way that you can't in one movie and has very good drama as things come back from earlier actions to give the characters their comeuppance.

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- Victor, have you seen Dennis Potters "Pennies from Heaven" ? - grinagog 21:56:44 01/16/05 (1)
  Bob Hoskins is great in this as a travelling sheet music salesman during the Depression
  (not a film, but a TV series)
  Potters story is presented in a most unique and unusual fashion, I won't say anything more to spoil the fun!
  Grins
  - No, don't recall that one. - Victor Khomenko 06:05:37 01/17/05 (0)
    He always has beautiful presence, so even the silly things like the Mona Lisa become a treat. It would be a complete failure without him. His being dressed was a riot.

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