tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post1146541173226698221..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB redux: ENOUGH by Donald Westlake (Evans, 1977)...and some Westlake films, etc.Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42794297477082162752015-08-08T13:12:11.061-04:002015-08-08T13:12:11.061-04:00Comic caper films can fall flat. Despite its cast,...Comic caper films can fall flat. Despite its cast, the movie THE HOT ROCK left me cold. Few of these flicks can measure up to their Grandpappy, TOPKAPI … I will BOLO Ordo, story & film. Thanks. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-77271491796495454742015-08-08T08:14:48.729-04:002015-08-08T08:14:48.729-04:00Very cool! Once got to suit in on a panel (circa 1...Very cool! Once got to suit in on a panel (circa 1996) when Westlake was discussing his work on the upcoming Bond movie, TOMORROW NEVER DIES. I have no idea how much of his work survived (Nick Meyer and Dan Petrie Jr also worked on it, also without credit) but I love his stuff, though the print titles you mention here are one I have not read - as i say, cool, new stuff to look forward to - thanks Todd. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-87117068374145550292015-08-07T14:02:21.710-04:002015-08-07T14:02:21.710-04:00Quite likely, Graham--though I'd say the endin...Quite likely, Graham--though I'd say the ending is also pretty true to both life and art, if not to melodrama.<br /><br />Yvette--I had not noted that so much...this actor has somewhat more chin, but I must admit I wasn't studying him too closely.. I don't like McBain/Hunter's work much, either--there's been something obviously stupid about literally everything I've read of his fiction, though I agree with his preference, in a PARIS REVIEW "Como Conversation" piece, for Hammett over Chandler. Westlake can be snide, and Block will infrequently go for an easy resolution in his minor work, but I can generally recommend their work to you along with the rest of the throng...<br /><br />I've been meaning to upgrade some typefaces around here...thanks for letting me know.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-65456661296336125742015-08-07T13:42:54.503-04:002015-08-07T13:42:54.503-04:00Did you notice how the lead actor in ORDO looks li...Did you notice how the lead actor in ORDO looks like Tom Cruise? At first I thought it was Cruise, except taller. :) I've never read any Westlake, Todd - I group him with a bunch of writers who everyone seems to like but whose work has never attracted me. Ed McBain and Lawrence Block are two others. I would have added Lawrence Sanders except that almost by accident I did read a few of his Archie McNally books many years ago and liked them.<br /><br />Still, I enjoyed reading your review even if I had to enlarge my page because your type is SO tiny.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-36424223981054215562015-08-07T13:02:21.981-04:002015-08-07T13:02:21.981-04:00I believe "Ordo" was inspired by Marilyn...I believe "Ordo" was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's real first marriage, to a sailor, although I don't believe they ever got back together again, even for a weekend. A good story, though as I recall the ending was rather anticlimactic.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.com