I feel this as neo-noir... while others compare to older noir. It's a bit understated, only 1-1/2 hour long... it could use the missing 1/2 hour to bring it home. It feels a little disjointed, slices stitched together with one backfilled infidelity. Nuances span the 60s decade perhaps... fedoras to numb/drug existence. 3/4 through the film, I got the feeling there should/could be a significant twist coming. The twist was... not solidly concluding the main story arc... perhaps ...a feeling of one of those 'leave it to the audience to decide' ...between simplistic wash or darkly.... what, isn't well hinted. Another half hour could provide more development in first 3/4 (such as for Clara, and lies) and for the last 1/4, a more definite convoluted author ending for the main character instead of a simple pained grin and a conflicting two-sentence write-out between wrong and guilt.
Review of A Kind of Murder
