Another perfect sunday is gone. Easy day – easy movie. I was planning for a while to watch Paul Schrader's American Gigolo, but Richard Gere (brr) in the main role scared me a lot. And today I made the decision – which became a really good one...Schrader is definitely among the best screenplay writers in Hollywood. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and the perfect Obsession for Brian de Palma. His movies are not so received – which sometimes underestimates his talent. Just think on the Blue Collar or the American Gigolo. Yes, I believe this movie is much more than Richard Gere's bare ass (actually you can have it too), but a real post noir hit. Just imagine a mixture of Ellis' American Psycho and some film noir classic. Our American gigolo is a typical-cynical noir male, this time a five star hooker (funny that 10 years later Gere changes his side and picks up Vivian from the street). Shiny cars, luxurious apartments, SL Mercedeses (the type which Pamela had in the Dallas – sorry for this), but the prostitution roots always in the deep underground. And as our protagonist encounters with the first blond, and soon the second one, who will be killed, his life turns upside down (ok, the film is full with blonds, but one of them is dead, and another is deadly for sure).
Without saying more it's highly recommended. Just because of its feeling, just because of the character's sunglasses (1980!), just because of Gere's acting (!), who is better than any Patrick Bateman ever, just because sentences from an elite prostitute like "I don't like to play the same numbers too often":)), just because the film's very last shot!
8/10
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