Mystery movies: a wishlist
Do you ever read a mystery and think what a great movie it would make? I do. I love Lawrence Block’s Burglar books and wish someone would film them. (The only one ever filmed had Whoopi Goldberg as Bernie and was just awful.) But with a good actor in the lead and a writer/director who adhered closely to the original books, I think some of them could be fabulous movies. Whom would I cast as Bernie? Perhaps David Strathairn or Richard Jenkins – someone whose face had a lot of character. I think I’d start with The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart.
So what is your favorite mystery that’s never been filmed? And who should play the role of the detective?
