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Avid fans of "NYPD Blue," still reeling from David Caruso's smug betrayal, (forget that Jimmy Smits has been excellent) would have been happy to see his film career flounder. But with the release of "Kiss Of Death," Caruso's career, unfortunately, should take off. Directed by Barbet Schroeder ("Single White Female" and "Reversal of Fortune") and starring Caruso, Nicholas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson, "Kiss Of Death" is a powerful modern interpretation of film noir...
David Caruso is not the only "NYPD Blue" influence here, as Barbet Schroeder would probably admit. The cool, super real look of the film is reminiscnent of the television show. Schroeder's touch, like the skewed camera angles, is noticeable. But his main priority is to free the actors and let the story tell itself. After a superfluous opening shot, Schroeder settles down, letting Price's script come through...
This tense set-up could easily have been bobbled by a less accomplished director or compromised by a less talented cast. But "Kiss of Death's" ensemble succeeds magnificantly. The same vulnerable machoness which brought Caruso accolades on "NYPD Blue" works perfectly here. Few actors could have balanced the ruggedness of his character with the poignancy of the situation. Someday his gritty, New Yorker persona could get tired, but until then this style can't be slighted...
MARRIED. DENNIS FRANZ, 50, Emmy-winning, untoned-buttocks-baring star of NYPD Blue; to longtime live-in friend JOANIE ZECK, 47; in Carmel, California. The marriage is his first, her second...
...BREATH FROM ER? THAT shaky camera in NYPD Blue making you nervous? On Friends, nbc's hot new sitcom, life is considerably more relaxed. In one recent show the characters are lounging around their neighborhood coffee bar, pondering one of those sophomoric questions that even most sophomores have outgrown: What would you do if you were omnipotent? (Says Phoebe, the spacey blond: End hunger, save the rain forests and get bigger boobs.) Later on, the show's three women spend most of an evening trying to catch a glimpse of George Stephanopoulos, who is supposedly eating pizza in an apartment...