Episode 223 · Film year 1990
After Dark My Sweet (1990)
- Special Guests
- James Foley, Robert Redlin
- Guest Co-Host
- Robert Polito
Show notes
Based on a novel by hardboiled scribe Jim Thompson, James Foley's After Dark My Sweet is a neo-noir from 1990 starring Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Rachel Ward. The film tells the tale of Kevin "Kid" Collins, a punchdrunk palooka who falls in with a kidnapping scheme.
We're joined by Professor Robert Polito, author of the definitive Jim Thompson biography, Savage Art.
We're joined by Professor Robert Polito, author of the definitive Jim Thompson biography, Savage Art.
Labels: Bruce Dern James Foley Jason Patric Jim Thompson Neonoir Noirvember Rachel Ward Robert Polito Robert Redlin
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Music credits
- "Thirsty for Beer" - ElFilmMaker (AKA Tito & Tarantula)
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Comments (4)
JJ So great to see a podcast made about this hidden gem from film noir/neo noir genre. Thumbs up!!Anonymous Mike White,Rob St Mary-I'm back on TPB-gotta shelf of Jim Thompson novels to delve into!I remember seeing this around the time of One False Move-the Bartender in the opening scene was in One False Move.Stacy Keach once told me The Killer Inside Me(french version Coup de Torchon)was his fave role-more than Fat City or The Ninth Configuartion!How cool was Stanley Kubrick to work with Jim Thompson,Twice??:)Go East Be Well:)Please have Alicia Malone&Eric Cohen back on sometime:)Mike White Feel free to drop Alicia a note as I don't have a working email address for her anymore. ;)Anonymous I may do that:)