To Live and Die in L.A. and Mo' Better Blues

Using my subscription to LoveFilm, I watched two movies starring John Turturro.

The first was To Live and Die in L.A., all about a counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) and the two Secret Service agents (William Petersen, from CSI, and John Pankow) trying to catch him.



Boy has it aged. Very much an 80's film, a bit over-long, and the music is teeth-wateringly embarrassing. It has a magnificent, over the top car chase, driving the wrong way down the freeway.



The second film is Mo' Better Blues, a Spike Lee film with some really cool jazz.



Trumpet player Bleek (Denzel Washington) has to sort out his complicated life and his band, including saxophone player Shadow Hendersen (Wesley Snipes. That's right, Wesley Snipes plays a saxophone player!). It's not a bad film, mellow. Like the jazz!