The Moon Is In The Gutter

Directed by jean jacques beineix.

The moon is in the gutter.

It is all style and no heart and the giveaway is that we never really care about the characters even though each one has a suitably tragic story. He is a revenge obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. They try hard to get together. Although it immediately followed beineix s big commercial success diva and featured two very big stars gérard depardieu and nastassja kinski the moon in the gutter was not well received by critics or audiences and failed at the box office with only 625 000 admissions in france.

The moon in the gutter is a 1983 french drama film directed by jean jacques beineix. It preceded a much better. With gérard depardieu nastassja kinski victoria abril bertice reading. Its vivid visual style was noted by critics.

The third person narrative starts off with protagonist bill kerrigan a poor dockworker visiting the rat infested alley where his kid sister catherine died. The moon in the gutter is thoroughly and unapologetically gritty and depressingly hopeless. The moon is in the gutter and the stars wash down the sink i am the king of the blues i scrape the clay off my shoes and wade down the gutter and the moon verse 2. David goodis s the moon in the gutter comes close in its fashion to adhering to the aristotelian unities.

The moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring. In the dockside slums of an unnamed city bill kerrigan is introduced as he morosely stares at a bloodstain in the gutter all that is left to remind him of his sister catherine who had committed suicide there almost a year before. The moon in the gutter 1983 is directed by jean jacques beineix diva betty blue. She is a wealthy elusive woman.

In other words it accurately reflects the way the author viewed life. It was entered into the 1983 cannes film festival.