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| In the Electric Mist. From: IMDb |
Movie: In the Electric Mist
Provenance: Based and filmed in and around New Iberia and St. Martinville, Louisiana
Based on a book by James Lee Burke: In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
Synopsis: Series of murders in and around New Iberia investigated by former alcoholic sheriff Dave Robichoux, including a murder from the long-ago past.
Wow - where has this movie been? Sometimes I take a break from watching a movie because it's a little dull and I go off to do other things. With this movie, sometimes I took a break so it would delay the ending.
The photography is beautiful and captures all that is entrancing about southern Louisiana. The misty bayous, the super-green, flat sugarcane fields, the alleés of live oaks. The low-brimmed Acadian houses with their deep porches, lawns that touch the water. You'd think it was a paradise, if you didn't remember the mosquitoes and the sopping humidity.
Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman are both a pleasure to watch, with TLJ determinedly lethal and Mr. Goodman Nero-like in his dissolution.
There are a few plot points that are a little off, but these are minor quibbles.
Music from the movie
La Terre Tremblante:
Damn Right I've Got the Blues (in the movie performed by Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas), performed by Buddy Guy:
I'm a Hog For You, performed by Clifton Chenier:
Recommend? An enthusiastic yes!
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