![]() ![]() ![]() One of the saddest modern noir films ever made. Robert Mitchum channels a lifetime of playing bruised loners, crestfallen tough guys and charismatic cads into the character of lovable Irish lug, Eddie ‘Fingers’ Coyle, a low level Boston gun-runner who’s been surviving on charm and good will alone. Peter Yates’ elegiac 1977 crime saga, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, suggests that it’s those at the bottom of life’s barrel who often suffer the most. The Thai maverick’s debut feature film proves from its opening frames that the Palme d’Or winning maker of such luxuriant, erotic and political screen-poems as Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Cemetery of Splendour emerged from the filmmaking womb fully formed, with this intriguing ‘exquisite corpse’ film in which a story is extended by each new member of a small community. The first missive of Apichatpong “Joe” Weerasethakul can be seen in all its restored glory on this immaculate Second Run blu-ray. ![]()
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