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Neon Bible (The)
- Director: Terence Davies
- Writer: Terence Davies; John Kennedy Toole
- Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen; Mike Lowrie
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Unmistakeable Davies - beautifully composed and photographed.
Even Mr Davies admits that it doesn't work - he describes it as a transition piece, enabling him to do The House of Mirth.
John Kennedy Toole only wrote 2 books before he committed suicide...this (aged 16) and the Pulitzer winning A Confederacy of Dunces.
Toole's life is a cliche - isolated childhood and a doting mother - and a sexual confusion.
The film isn't exactly terrible - it's just snail-pace slow and, yes, cliched.
But..it could not not have been, considering the source material - figure that one out.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern town.
Cast & Characters
Jacob Tierney as David, aged 15;
Drake Bell as David, aged 10;
Gena Rowlands as Mae Morgan;
Diana Scarwid as Sarah;
Denis Leary as Frank;
Bob Hannah as George;
Aaron Frisch as Bruce;
Charles Franzen as Tannoy Voice;
Leo Burmester as Bobbie Lee Taylor;
Sherry Velvet as First Testifier;
Stephanie Astalos-Jones as Second Testifier;
Ian Shearer as Billy Sunday Thompson;
Joan Glover as Flora;
Jill Jane Clements as Woman;
Tom Turbiville as Clyde