The Black Dahlia

So I went to see the latest De Palma movie, ‘The Black Dahlia’ yesterday. After installing ourselves in our very wobbly seats (for extra 3D-movement effect? or did they just needed repairing?) we were transferred back to the glamorous post-war Los Angeles in the late 40’s. In a style that strongly reminded me of LA Confidential and of course, more logically The Untouchables (because also from De Palma) this is a typical genre-movie – a “whodunit”-detective-story (think Cluedo) and has all the usual ingredients: good cop-bad cop, glamour girls, prostitutes, millionaires, crazy housewives, servants, crooks, the works!

It’s not a spectacular movie and I maybe expected a more ‘modern’ style from De Palma, but it is a good movie with a strong story, with as inspiration the murder of the infamous Elizabeth Short. Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank, this movie has the (young and fresh) talent it needs to bring this story alive… and you better watch out for those few scary bits in the movie that make you hide your eyes but still peep through to see what is going on :-)
(the smiley has a cruel double-entendre if you go and see the movie…)

Oh oh, yes we also saw the poster for a new movie coming out soon, called Babel, with two of my favourites : the best actress in the world Cate Blanchett and the Mexican beauty of Gael Garcia Bernal.