Angel Heart (1987)
Country: US
Technical: col 113m
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Synopsis:
A modernization of the Faust legend, with the central character changed into a detective hunting for the perpetrator of murders which ever so uncannily dog his footsteps.
Review:
Parker's essay in film noir is typically showy: a private dick hired to find a missing person by the Devil is in fact discovering that it is time to pay up with his soul. It is ingenious enough: thanks to its adherence to Private-Eye conventions it keeps you discounting supernatural involvement until the end. De Niro enjoys peeling hardboiled eggs covetously, Rourke seems to be wearing the same outfit from previous movies. This original variation on familiar territory does, however, contain some nasty detail, so be warned.
Country: US
Technical: col 113m
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Synopsis:
A modernization of the Faust legend, with the central character changed into a detective hunting for the perpetrator of murders which ever so uncannily dog his footsteps.
Review:
Parker's essay in film noir is typically showy: a private dick hired to find a missing person by the Devil is in fact discovering that it is time to pay up with his soul. It is ingenious enough: thanks to its adherence to Private-Eye conventions it keeps you discounting supernatural involvement until the end. De Niro enjoys peeling hardboiled eggs covetously, Rourke seems to be wearing the same outfit from previous movies. This original variation on familiar territory does, however, contain some nasty detail, so be warned.
Country: US
Technical: col 113m
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Synopsis:
A modernization of the Faust legend, with the central character changed into a detective hunting for the perpetrator of murders which ever so uncannily dog his footsteps.
Review:
Parker's essay in film noir is typically showy: a private dick hired to find a missing person by the Devil is in fact discovering that it is time to pay up with his soul. It is ingenious enough: thanks to its adherence to Private-Eye conventions it keeps you discounting supernatural involvement until the end. De Niro enjoys peeling hardboiled eggs covetously, Rourke seems to be wearing the same outfit from previous movies. This original variation on familiar territory does, however, contain some nasty detail, so be warned.