The Moon In The Gutter Book Cover

But goodis does not flinch once in setting forth a narrative that drips with despair and utter hopelessness.

The moon in the gutter book cover.

She is a wealthy elusive woman. Gabriel yared loretta the moon in the gutter aka la lune dans le caniveau ost france 1983. With gérard depardieu nastassja kinski victoria abril bertice reading. It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin.

Directed by jean jacques beineix. In the rough guide to crime fiction 2007 barry forshaw cites the moon in the gutter as his representative goodis text in arguing that of all the noir novelists goodis comes the closest. Putrid water in the gutter can also reflect the image of the moon said a participant at the seminar. The moon in the gutter french.

David goodis is commonly ranked in the top tier of noir novelists and the moon in the gutter is commonly ranked among his best work. Although it immediately followed beineix s big commercial success diva and featured two very big stars gérard depardieu and nastassja kinski the moon in the gutter was not well received by critics or audiences and failed. Yet my work requires me to go to the fair to cover book launches and conduct interviews. In between diva and betty blue director jean jacques beneix made the loopiest adaptation of a david goodis novel yet the moon in the gutter quite a r.

La lune dans le caniveau is a 1983 french drama film directed by jean jacques beineix it was entered into the 1983 cannes film festival.