Night Film will undoubtedly make a terrific movie. It’s unsurprising that a literary thriller about a cult filmmaker has already been optioned for a film. Viewed through one lens, the novel consists of a fairly ridiculous cast and a connect-the-dots plotline that would be better suited for the screen thankfully, it is equally a wonderfully twisted amusement-park ride in the spirit of the film The Game, in which fantasy and reality are continually interchangeable, until the possibility that Ashley was cursed by the devil during one of Cordova’s late-night Satanic rituals feels entirely plausible and undoubtedly the reason she plunged to her death. Improbably, they all spill the beans - making the investigation rather easy - and yet the possibility always exists, smartly, that each clue is a breadcrumb left by Cordova himself, with the aim of destroying McGrath. Article contentĪrmed with a motley crew consisting of a hard-boiled female detective, an eccentric Cordova scholar, a black-magic witch, an aspiring actress from Florida and a handsome lost boy from South Dakota, McGrath lurches around New York City, uncovering Satanic rituals, a “secret Internet,” the mysterious Inez Gallo, Cordova’s personal assistant and/or doppelgänger (she and Cordova have the same weird tattoo), and everyone and anyone who has ever come across Cordova or his daughter. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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