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Wilson's direction, while playfully hopingthrough the film/novel/stage genres, never forgetsthe sinister under-broil which makes for thechairoscuro of L.A. The music may be catchy, thelines may flow without effort, but there are stillpockets of the perverse, such as Bobbi and Stone'slove scene over a corpse, Stone's campy odysseythrough the L.A. mean streets or the singingskulls. Style and control do not hide a darklyhuman city that has gone crazy under the plasticglosses painted by the studios...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hardboiled 'Angels' is Delicious | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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