Episode 2. After Dark, My Sweet (James Foley, 1990)

Kill It With Fire - Cult Movies and Cult-ure

27-01-2021 • 1 hr 50 mins

Subtitle: Neo-noir, existentialism and Jim Thompson adaptations.

In this second episode of Kill It With Fire, Ady, Peter and Paul discuss James Foley's 1990 neo-noir film After Dark, My Sweet.

Topics covered include: 1980s/1990s neo-noir; the hardboiled crime fiction of Jim Thompson; existentialism in crime fiction; big screen adaptations of Jim Thompson's work; the production of the film; and the careers of the film's key personnel.