With a poll taking place on IMDb's Classic Film board for the best titles of 1999,I started looking round for left-field movies to view.Reading a great post on IMDb's Film Noir board,I found out that Patrick Warburton (known for his distinctive voice over work on Family Guy & the quirky Disney movie The Emperor's New Groove) had actually starred in a 1999 Neo-Noir!,which led to me getting ready to meet the woman chaser.
The plot:
Being a master in all the tricks of the trade,used cars salesmen Richard Hudson decides to set up his own used car showroom.Making good cash with his smooth business skills,Hudson begins thinking about fulfilling his dream of making a film.Wanting to give all the attention to his debut film,Hudson passes the business over to the assistant manager.Pulling his washed up,ol' faithful directing father-in-law Leo,Hudson gets his foot in the door at a studio,who with Leo's help agree to fund Hudson's "vision" Writing and directing the film himself,Hudson rigidly sticks to "his vision",and soon finds himself trying to stop the studio from editing his vision to destruction.
View on the film:
Selling Hudson's "vision" in pin-stripe B&W backed with a smooth Jazz and Blues soundtrack, (which has caused the original cut to be stuck in royalties issues for years)writer/director Robinson Devor gives the film a wonderfully peculiar Neo-Noir atmosphere, with gliding tracking shots in Hudson's car setting off stylish close-ups held in left- field angles,which give Hudson's adventures in the Hollywood "dream factory" a darkly comedic,acid-tongue Film Noir mood.Keeping his excellent adaptation rooted in Charles Willeford 50's LA pulp novel, Devor wraps the movie in a deliciously jet-black comedic wit,with the rich narration revealing Hudson's determination to be an "auteur" and destroy anyone that tries to stop his vision from being seen.
Whilst firing sharp one liners across the screen, Devor tightly threads an explosive,self-destructive Film Noir streak round Hudson,who holds onto to ridged beliefs which stop Hudson from seeing the "development hell" that he and his project is sinking into.Joined by a fantastic supporting cast with "lived in" faces that go from Ernie Vincent's thunderous studio head to Marilyn Rising's flirty stepsister Becky, Patrick Warburton gives a fabulously chiselled performance as Hudson, thanks to Warburton being able to deliver a dead-pan line with real-precision,whilst keeping Hudson's Film Noir rage bubbling away,which spills over as Hudson's nitrate dream vision is lit up.
The plot:
Being a master in all the tricks of the trade,used cars salesmen Richard Hudson decides to set up his own used car showroom.Making good cash with his smooth business skills,Hudson begins thinking about fulfilling his dream of making a film.Wanting to give all the attention to his debut film,Hudson passes the business over to the assistant manager.Pulling his washed up,ol' faithful directing father-in-law Leo,Hudson gets his foot in the door at a studio,who with Leo's help agree to fund Hudson's "vision" Writing and directing the film himself,Hudson rigidly sticks to "his vision",and soon finds himself trying to stop the studio from editing his vision to destruction.
View on the film:
Selling Hudson's "vision" in pin-stripe B&W backed with a smooth Jazz and Blues soundtrack, (which has caused the original cut to be stuck in royalties issues for years)writer/director Robinson Devor gives the film a wonderfully peculiar Neo-Noir atmosphere, with gliding tracking shots in Hudson's car setting off stylish close-ups held in left- field angles,which give Hudson's adventures in the Hollywood "dream factory" a darkly comedic,acid-tongue Film Noir mood.Keeping his excellent adaptation rooted in Charles Willeford 50's LA pulp novel, Devor wraps the movie in a deliciously jet-black comedic wit,with the rich narration revealing Hudson's determination to be an "auteur" and destroy anyone that tries to stop his vision from being seen.
Whilst firing sharp one liners across the screen, Devor tightly threads an explosive,self-destructive Film Noir streak round Hudson,who holds onto to ridged beliefs which stop Hudson from seeing the "development hell" that he and his project is sinking into.Joined by a fantastic supporting cast with "lived in" faces that go from Ernie Vincent's thunderous studio head to Marilyn Rising's flirty stepsister Becky, Patrick Warburton gives a fabulously chiselled performance as Hudson, thanks to Warburton being able to deliver a dead-pan line with real-precision,whilst keeping Hudson's Film Noir rage bubbling away,which spills over as Hudson's nitrate dream vision is lit up.