Sunday, 25 October 2026

Richard Gere double bill: Internal Affairs (1990 Mike Figgis) / Pretty Woman (1990 Garry Marshall)

The first was released in the US in January, the second in March.  In Mike Figgis's film he plays a unredeemable corrupt cop who is happy to stoop to murder. I'm not quite sure what he thought he was doing at the end, which loses the plot finally. Andy Garcia though turns almost as psycho as he. Laurie Melcalfe helps investigate. Features a number of big haired women including Nancy Travis (Garcia's wife) and Annabella Sciorra.






It was written by Henry Bean. John A Alonzo shot it and Robert Estrin edited.

Pretty Woman is always a delight, particularly the smallest reactions of the smallest actors: the elevator boy, the shop girls, the waiter who catches the snail, the offended woman at the races.



Julia's 'Holy shit!' moment made us both think of Wendy:





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