in the dvd era and you would think you could find pretty much any piece of crap commit to celluloid and for the most part and it true . so why and why be it so hard to find this great little flick and clearly do by people who love noir a a loving homage ( buit never descend into spoof land ) of that most cinematic of genre . emma thompson and alan rickman be a hoot in this and superstar in the making carla gugino ( karen sisco and sin city ) do her now trademark red hot babe or great acting routine . this movie really have it all for fan of film . a b noir on steroid and the clever and steamy juda kiss succeed on every count . please columbia tristar please release it on dvd soon .