Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Stacy Title

Writers (WGA):

Jonathan Penner (written by) &
Stacy Title (written by)

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Something is Rotten in the City of Angels

Plot:

A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Mother | Stripper | Betrayal | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jonathan Penner	...	Jack Lyne
Randall Batinkoff	...	Bradbury
Norman Reedus	...	Brautigan
Jamey Sheridan	...	Carl Lyne
Brooke Taylor	...	Tiffany
Jacqueline Bisset	...	Helen Lyne
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Julia Hirsch
Jeffrey Schoeny	...	Young Jack
Chris Sarandon	...	Jack's Father
Thomas F. Duffy	...	Bartender (as Thomas Duffy)
Jonathan Banks	...	Satch
Philip Baker Hall	...	Sol Hirsch
Kevin West	...	Pharmacist
Tony Plana	...	Tall
Lobo Sebastian	...	Ugly

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

89 min | Spain:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Moon Productions

Quotes:

Brautigan: Man, of course men gives better blow jobs! Listen, I know what it feels like to get my dick sucked, right? And I know what I like when I get my dick sucked. So when I'm sucking a dick, I know that what I'm doing is what I like and that is the best of it that can be done.

Movie Connections:

References The Last House on the Left (1972)

Penner

A bold and worthy attempt to update Shakespeare's Hamlet by stripping the play of its dialogue, and turning it into a contemporary murder story.

Of course it isn't always successful, I suspect that no such strategy would be, since Shakespeare's language is actually more important than his plotting.

Still, the sincerity of cast and crew carry the effort a great ways. The Rozencrantz and Guildenstern sup-plot was, I thought, particularly well-handled.

I have shown this to people who say they hate Shakespeare, without telling them the connection to the bard, and they have generally found it fascinating. Perhaps this is the only way some people can "get" Shakespeare.

definitely worth a viewing.