Among these novels is the moon in the gutter written in 1953 and set in a poor decaying section of philadelphia.
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The moon in the gutter takes place in philly on vernon street a neighborhood in terminal despair and goodis makes us feel it walking us through its crack brained shacks two hundred year old houses that are no better than dumps and the loneliest alley where the blood of william kerrigan s sister catherine has left a residual stain on the pavement.
The book is included in a collection of five goodis novels recently published by the library of america.
Beineix came back in 1986 with 37 2 le matin betty blue based on a philippe djian novel.
His next film la lune dans le caniveau the moon in the gutter was an adaptation of a david goodis novel more radical than diva in its deliberate artificiality.
He tries to find explanations and the culprit.
The moon in the gutter is the story of a dock worker in philadelphia who grieves for his younger sister.
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For kerrigan loretta s the impossible dream th escape route out of his hellhole existence away from the crowded tenements the shacks the dark alleys.
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Loretta s the impossible dream the escape route out of his hellhole existence away from the crowded tenements the shacks the dark alleys.
Filmed in france transposed to marseille with gérard dépardieu and nasstasja kinski a.
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It premiered at cannes in 1983.
The moon in the gutter 1953 is one of david goodis s many tours of the down and out neighborhoods of his native city of philadelphia.
In the process he meets an uptown girl and gets distracted.
Five noir novels of the 1940s and 50s library of america each of the five books deserves individual attention.
William kerrigan s pursuit of the riddle of his sister s death in an obscure alleyway provides the starting point for a tortuous journey into the darkness of all lost dreams.
Into a dive bar walks lorretta channing the beautiful enigmatic socialite and sister of newton the drunk.
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In 1983 goodis novel was loosely adapted for a french film directed by jean jacques beineix and shown at the cannes film festival.
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The moon in the gutter is a fierce and heated tale of desire and revenge.
In a back street in the rough end of philadelphia docker william kerrigan obsesses over the mysterious suicide of his sister.
