Several posters have seen fit to compare this outing to Chinatown and it's true there are similarities but given the sub-genre there are bound to be similarities with many movies not least, I would argue, Harper aka The Moving Target which had the benefit of a great screenwriter, Bill Goldman, on top of his game plus an equally great cast supporting Paul Newman's jaded private eye. I haven't seen too many Sayles movies but one I did see and loved was Eight Men Out and he seems to have an eye for if not obsession with the dubious moral choices available to movers and shakers in all walks of life. I agree with those reviews I have read here that he has 1) been a tad too ambitious and 2)started out to make one type of film and digressed into another but having said that the film kept me watching unlike the far more lauded Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which sent me to sleep (I saw them on successive days). The final image despite being a little obvious is nevertheless telling and the film is worth seeing if not remembering.
Review of Silver City
