Sunday, February 20, 2005
Excellent film
Lest Paul be the only one to use this forum to make recommendations re. entertainment consumption, I wish to put my two cents in on the side of The Day of the Jackal. Not the crappy Bruce Willis remake (in which Jack Black offers the only amusement) but the 1973 original. ("Original," here, means "first adaptation of the novel.)
The plot begins when the French government learns that veterans of Algeria, angered at DeGaulle's release of that country, have hired an unidentified assassin to off the French president. The ensuing cross-Continent detective work is kick-ass. The film also just looks good: men in suits; people smoking; sporty cars.
The plot begins when the French government learns that veterans of Algeria, angered at DeGaulle's release of that country, have hired an unidentified assassin to off the French president. The ensuing cross-Continent detective work is kick-ass. The film also just looks good: men in suits; people smoking; sporty cars.
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