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Mental Minor 
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TITLE |
After Dark My Sweet (1990) |
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DISABILITY |
Mental
Illness Escapee from mental institution |
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NOTES |
An ex-boxer
escapes from an institution. It is unclear why he |
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was there
but we gradually learn he is quick to lose his |
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temper and
subsequent fights have led to his being locked up |
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many times.
Though first seen as a loser by her he is picked |
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up by a
barmaid. She takes him home and through her he |
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meets Uncle
Bud who has a kidnap scheme which will set |
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The emphasis
is on characterisation rather than plot and the |
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film is well
acted. But the progress is slow,,. Bruce Dern |
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as Uncle Bud
projects another kind of 'mental deviance'. |
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The film has
been described as a film noir in Technicolor. For |
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me the film
doesn't involve one enough to want to delve into |
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From novel
by Jim Thompson |
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Notes
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