Should win for the best movie at 1997

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2016)

Hanson, Helgeladn and their production crew with the unseen strike of genius. Also some of the actors doing their best work. Especially Kim Basinger and Russel Crow in his first big Hollywood role. And of course the fitting music from veteran Jerry Goldsmith. As sad in my title this picture should have taken the big award back in 1997. Too bad another really great movie Titanic was involved. But you know the Titanic is the perfect popcorn Hollywood cinema you can think of (I mean it in a GOOD way, i love the movie). And that plays a lot for academy members even today. But really I take this beautiful, stylish noir detective story even over the masterful Goodfellas. Meaning it is in my opinion the best American movie of the 90s. Definitely a blue-ray edition in every movie fan collection recommended.