I re-watched Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil again today.
This film from Clint Eastwood is based on my one of my favorite books (a book I can't believe I left off my impact list). The nonfiction piece, by John Berendt, is an embellished account of a Savannah murder. Savannah being the picture-perfect town on the coast of Georgia, deep in the Old South. Something about the aged South with her cotillions and loaded guns is just so romantic. I think both the film and the book capture the ideal of Savannah while also shedding light into her shadows.
There are holes (as my mom will be quick to point out) but overall the dialogue is memorable and the cinematography is gorgeous. Plus, John Cusack is absolutely edible. In this film: a gay Kevin Spacey, a hussied-up, high-as-a-kite Jude Law and a cross-dressing black man with attitude. What more could you ask for?
Worth it? Absolutely, but, I will say: the book is better.
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