Die Liebe eines Detektivs (1990)

Die Liebe eines Detektivs: Directed by Alan Rudolph. With Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw. Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.

“First off, let me say I love this film. It might seem odd for a normal man of 30, when this film came out. But then, I like musicals, as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrom reading the comments here and elsewhere, people seemed nonplussed as to how to categorized this film. What clued me in was the confusion it caused everybody.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie really is a mystery.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the mystery isnu0026#39;t in the plot. It doesnu0026#39;t keep you guessing. Or the characters; theyu0026#39;re played pretty straightforward. Itu0026#39;s the genre. Every time you get comfortable with how itu0026#39;s being played, Rudolph switches it up.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIs it a film noir? Is it a comedy? Is it a love story? Uh, yes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut thatu0026#39;s the beauty of this film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt keeps you guessing as to what it is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd Rudolph would have been having a laugh for the past quarter century if more people could see this film for the brilliance it is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eActually, if more people had seen it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut now, heu0026#39;s waited so long for people to get it, that well . . .”