Paul Newman looks into cold murder case
“Twilight” is an appropriate title for a noir-style movie that focuses more on mortality and aging than on the sharpness of its detective story. Once again combining the talents of the men who made “Nobody’s Fool” a success four years earlier, “Twilight” reflects classic noir tropes of the late 1940’s and 1950s with the twist that both the gumshoe and the client are way over the hill.<br /><br />Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is a former cop turned private investigator who becomes involved in a decades-old unsolved murder mystery when he agrees to help out his friends Jack Ames (Gene Hackman), a former movie star, and his wife Catherine (Susan Sarandon). Because Harry was injured while finding and bringing back their runaway daughter (Reese Witherspoon), the couple feel guilty and have let Harry live in an apartment over their garage. Harry feels obliged to Jack and agrees to take on what appears to be a simple task—just deliver a package for him. At the address, in a dingy part of town, Harry discovers a man (M. Emmet Walsh) dying of gunshot wounds. Looking around, he finds 20-year-old newspaper clippings about the death of Catherine’s first husband and surmises that the dying man was investigating the cold case.<br /><br />As Harry attempts to find the connection between them, his investigation leads to encounters with a colorful group of people including his former police captain (John Spencer); a former girlfriend and colleague (Stockard Channing); small-time thug Jeff Willis (Liev Schreiber) and his associate in larceny, Gloria Lamar (Margo Martingale); a wannabe private eye (Giancarlo Esposito); and Harry’s fellow retired cop, Raymond Hope (James Garner).<br /><br />Paul Newman underplays his role and looks his age, 73 at the time. He moves slowly, speaks with a slightly unsteady raspiness, and has an overall frail appearance. His restrained performance conveys the loneliness and resignation of a man who’s been through the proverbial mill and failed at everything. Physically, Newman makes clear that Harry can’t undergo the stress of being a private eye much longer, and his expression signals a “seen it all” manner. Harry is fully aware of his limitations, yet his instincts and training kick in as he tries to piece together bits of information and motives while encountering personal danger on the way.<br /><br />Gene Hackman plays Jack with a low-key elegance that is light years away from his adrenalin-infused Popeye Doyle of “The French Connection.” Either sitting or bed-ridden in most of his scenes, Jack appears to grow weaker as the film progresses. He knows that cancer will soon cause his death and is comforted knowing he has a wife and daughter (Reese Witherspoon) who love him.<br /><br />Sarandon plays Catherine as a spoiled woman of privilege. Elegant, beautiful, and manipulative, she’s a variation of the femme fatale and seems confident in her ability to use her charm to distract Harry from learning crucial information. Reese Witherspoon figures prominently in an early scene and only sporadically for the rest of the film. Her limited screen time includes a topless nude scene.<br /><br />The script by director Robert Benton and Richard Russo is set in contemporary Los Angeles, a frequent location of classic noir. More violent than noir from earlier decades, “Twilight” deals with dark motives and is, in many ways, a throwback to earlier movie crime melodramas. Unfortunately, the film lacks the proper amount of suspense, with several scenes dragging when they should be building tension. Newman’s laid-back performance and the focus on impending mortality give the film a melancholy veneer and a pace that some may find slow.<br /><br />Bonus features on the R-rated Blu-ray release include an audio commentary, several trailers and TV spots.<br /><br />With its meandering plot, “Twilight” is a tale of deception, corruption, and murder that derives its inspiration from the B-movie noir thrillers of a previous era. The film’s star power and Benton’s direction enhance a convoluted story.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Twilight is an acclaimed whodunit packed with stars and suspense. Directed by the great Robert Benton (The Late Show, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Billy Bathgate) and starring screen legends Paul Newman (The Sting), Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning), Susan Sarandon (Lorenzo’s Oil) and James Garner (The Great Escape). Newman plays Harry Ross, a burned-out private eye who’s plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups. Nobody’s Fool renowned star and filmmaker reunite in this richly layered character-driven neo-noir. And Stockard Channing (Grease), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Giancarlo Esposito (The Usual Suspects), Live Schreiber (Spotlight), M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple) and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) are among the locals who inhabit a Tinseltown world of privilege and sleaze, sexuality and desperation, trust and double-cross. From beginning to end, Twilight glows..