Sunday 2 February 2014

Body Heat (1981 Lawrence Kasdan & scr)

Begins in exactly the same smart, double entendre wisecracking way as a Big Sleep, but it's quickly apparent we're in Double Indemnity territory, with added candid sex scenes between William Hurt and Kathleen Turner (can you imagine seeing Bogie and Bacall screwing? It doesn't bear thinking about!) John Barry's score begins great, back in his jazz sax and trumpet days, but then becomes a bit more routine, which is a shame.

Sweaty Florida action nicely shot (with bags of diffusion) by Richard H Kline (The Boston Strangler) and edited by Carol Littleton (The Big Chill, The Rum Dairies).


With Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke.

Good film noir update.

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