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Clinica Estetico
TriStar Pictures
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Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
John Chard
Nov 20, 2015 · via TMDB
Everyone was peeing on my head and telling me it's raining. Devil in a Blue Dress is written and directed by Carl Franklin, who adapts from the book written by Walter Mosley. It stars Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle and Maury Chaykin. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. Carl Franklin had already laid down a considerable neo-noir marker with his searing 1992 thriller One False Move, here he goes more traditional but garners equally impressive results. Plot has Washington as a WW2 veteran who has lost his job and desperately needs money to keep hold of his pride and joy - his house. Taking on a job offered by shifty DeWitt Albright (Sizemore), to find a missing woman, Rawlings quickly finds himself in up to his neck in murder and deception, he must turn ace detective to save his skin. Set in late 1940s Los Angeles, what instantly stands out is the period detail. The clothes, the cars and the establishments frequented by Easy and company. With voice over narration also provided by Washington, in dry and sardonic tones, it's every inch a loving ode to the film noir movies released at the time the pic is set. There's plenty of neon signs about the place, some bad ass cops, good sex, brandy and sharp suits, smoking and coolness and of course a psychopath in the classic mould (Cheadle excellent). But of course noir dressage is only that if you haven't got a good pot boiling plot, thankfully this has one. The story takes unexpected turns, always remaining interesting, the distinctive characterisations breathing heavy, managing to off set the run of the mill stereotypes in the supporting ranks. It can be argued that Beals as the titular femme fatale of the title is under written, but the character comes with an air of mystery that serves Franklin's atmosphere very well. Tech credits are high, something of a given with Bernstein and Fujimoto on the list, while Washington turns in another classy show of subtlety and believability. Lovers of film noir should get much rewards from Devil in a Blue Dress. 7.5/10
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Denzel Washington
Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore
DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals
Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle
Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin
Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney
Todd Carter
Mel Winkler
Joppy
Albert Hall
Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson
Coretta James
Jernard Burks
Dupree Brouchard
David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
John Roselius
Mason
Beau Starr
Miller
Steven Randazzo
Benny Giacomo
L. Scott Caldwell
Hattie Parsons
Barry Shabaka Henley
Woodcutter
Nick Corello
Shariff
Kenny Endoso
Manny
Joseph Latimore
Frank Green
Renée Humphrey
Barbara
R.J. Knoll
Herman
Kai Lennox
Football
Poppy Montgomery
Barbara’s Sister
Brendan Kelly
Terell’s Chauffeur
Peggy Rea
Carter’s Secretary
Deborah Lacey
Sophie
Jeris Poindexter
Alphonso Jenkins
Matthew Barry
Cop in Car
G. Smokey Campbell
Nightclub Owner
Nigel Gibbs
Bootlegger
John David Washington
Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Tony Brubaker
Stunt Coordinator
Carl Franklin
Director
Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Editor
Walter Mosley
Associate Producer
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Edward Saxon
Executive Producer
Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Jesse Beaton
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Walter Mosley
Novel
Carl Franklin
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