A sizzling neo-noir that should have boosted Dennis Hopper into feature bankability goes a tad slack — my guess is that Hopper’s fine directing instincts got blurred in the editing process. Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly and others are well cast in Charles Williams’ hardboiled sex ‘n’ crime yarn, and the temperature indeed rises when Johnson gets near his co-stars. The narrative momentum breaks down somewhat, yet the great-looking show remains a favorite, atmospheric and oversexed.
The Hot Spot
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1990 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 130 min. / Street Date May 4, 2021 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, William Sadler, Charles Martin Smith, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Jack Nance, Virgil Frye.
Cinematography: Ueli Steiger
Film Editor: Wende Phifer Mate
Original Music: Jack Nitzsche
Written by Nona Tyson, Charles Williams from the 1952 book Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams
Produced by Paul Lewis
Directed by Dennis...
The Hot Spot
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1990 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 130 min. / Street Date May 4, 2021 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95
Starring: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, William Sadler, Charles Martin Smith, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Jack Nance, Virgil Frye.
Cinematography: Ueli Steiger
Film Editor: Wende Phifer Mate
Original Music: Jack Nitzsche
Written by Nona Tyson, Charles Williams from the 1952 book Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams
Produced by Paul Lewis
Directed by Dennis...
- 4/24/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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