Word: schroeders
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ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR BARBET Schroeder, by the time he started shooting his remake of Kiss of Death, "only the title and one plot point remained" from the 1947 original. Sure...
...tired of being treated as if you were born yesterday? The fashionable novelist Richard Price has done a reasonably good job of slipcovering the source of this remake's screenplay, and Schroeder has energetically tarted up his version of a film Henry Hathaway originally shot in a rather austere semi-documentary style. But the fact is that the basic situation, most of the main narrative beats and all the major characters are essentially as they were 48 years ago (as a trip to any well-stocked video store will prove...
directed by Barbet Schroeder...
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...