In Praise of Kathryn Bigelow

Near Dark is one of those movies that Roger Ebert never deigned to review. I've complained to him about his oversight (twice), but didn't get a reply. Anyhow, if you think you might like a vampire western this is a great B-movie. A classic. It has a plot. It has redemption. It's well cast, though eclectically, and with the exception of Lance Henriksen the actors are not particularly well-known. To be honest, I'm surprised that a couple of them didn't go on to bigger and better things. Oh well... And it's available on Blu-ray.

Extra memorable for me as I saw it with a girl I was not-quite-dating, a shapely, classic beauty, a National Merit Scholar, who that night wore a skin-tight black leather pants suit. Afterward we went for a swim in Lake Michigan. Whew!