The Moon In The Gutter Book Cover

Directed by jean jacques beineix.

The moon in the gutter book cover.

With gérard depardieu nastassja kinski victoria abril bertice reading. 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. It s a short book and the plotting is a little thin. She is a wealthy elusive woman.

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. The moon in the gutter french. 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.

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. But goodis does not flinch once in setting forth a narrative that drips with despair and utter hopelessness. Gabriel yared loretta the moon in the gutter aka la lune dans le caniveau ost france 1983.

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.