This World, Then the Fireworks

One of my favorite movies of all time! Strangely erotic and seductive in a non-traditional way, you almost feel guilty enjoying it. Zane delivers an amazing performance.... Full review

You have to be careful when a movie is labeled "film noir". It either hits a home run or is total garbage. This movie fails miserably. The box office was a whopping $19,000.... Full review

This is one of those movies that you find yourself watching in the small hours of a sleepless night, and then think about it for 5 days.. A great movie, excellent feel, excellent attention to details.. Made for grown-ups, put the... Full review

Wow, this is an awesome movie! It's very dark and very entertaining. Definitely worth checking out. The visuals are awesome and it's wonderfully directed. A+!... Full review

Friday July 11, 1997 Director Michael Oblowitz and writer-producer Larry Gross have a tough time getting a grip on "This World, Then the Fireworks," a lurid, low-down adaptation of a story by legendary hard-boiled writer Jim Thompson. The picture has a fairly authentic period look and feel and a great jazzy, saxophone-heavy Pete Rugolo score too good for it. ... Full Review

Michael Oblowitz was a cinematographer on German documentaries in the mid 80's. Then suddenly he wasn't... until 1997 when he reappeared from the wilderness to direct this ridiculous attempt at film noir. ... Full Article

THE PRESS notes for "This World, Then the Fireworks," tell you all you need to know about the film. Based on a posthumous novel about a seedy pair who happen to be brother and sister by the great pulp writer ... Full Article

Prostitution, incest, murder, madness, Gina Gershon in a short, tight dress: this is the cheerfully amoral (yet visually appealing) world of pulp novelist Jim Thompson. ... Full Article