Directed by jean jacques beineix.
The moon in the gutter book.
The movie takes place mostly in a lower class neighbourhood or at the docks where gerard gerard depardieu works and focuses on the women in his life including his tigress girlfriend bella victoria abril as he tries to make sense of his sister s death.
The book is included in a collection of five goodis novels recently published by the library of america.
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.
Five noir novels of the 1940s and 50s library of america each of the five books deserves individual attention.
About the moon in the gutter for the first time the best work of a distinctive master of american noir is available in authoritative e book editions from the library of america.
The moon in the gutter is a fantastic read if you don t mind fiction where there isn t a single character who is any better off at the end than they were at the beginning.
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.
David goodis the moon in the gutter robert polito editor library of america e book classics volume compilation notes and chronology copyright 2012 by literary.
The moon in the gutter is a fantastic read if you don t mind fiction where there isn t a single character who is any better off at the end than they were at the beginning.
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.
But goodis does not flinch once in setting forth a narrative that drips with despair and utter hopelessness.
Among these novels is the moon in the gutter written in 1953 and set in a poor decaying section of philadelphia.
The moon in the gutter french.
It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin.
She is a wealthy elusive woman.
The moon in the gutter 1983 is directed by jean jacques beineix diva betty blue.
It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin.
Among these novels is the moon in the gutter written in 1953 and set in a poor decaying section of philadelphia.
With gérard depardieu nastassja kinski victoria abril bertice reading.
The moon in the gutter 1953 is one of david goodis s many tours of the down and out neighborhoods of his native city of philadelphia.
They try hard to get together.
