February 05, 2023

Hellbound Binding 3: Slick Page Flip: Witness to a Slain Mistress--A Thief Skilled, Whore Killed and Vengeance Fulfilled; (Book Comparison/Blackmail File Film Analysis of Absolute Power)

58 minutes

Greetings Cinematic Fanatics, in this particular case, you Hellbound Book Hounds! The only thing

more satisfying than a gorgeous and flawlessly executed standalone Slick Flick

Pick is one that honors, if not exceeds, the splendor of its novel source material.

Sometimes a screenplay, or film, has been novelized into a riveting read;

conversely, an analogue bound book is oft condensed and converted, via a

complex digital undertaking, to a cinematic adaptation. Some of the very

slickest, sleekest, passionately picked flicks I've had the pleasure of

enjoying originated with a Slick Page Flip I took pride in perusing. The age

old debate remains as heated and vitriolic as ever, the lingering, pesky,

vexing question: is the slick flick pick better than the slick page flip?

Sometimes this answer proves easier than slicing your finger's flesh on the

corner of a page in a hellbound book; I offer the example of Absolute Power, I dare proclaim that the film

is equal to the novel. Equal, tantamount to, an equivalent of, these are loose

expressions, not to necessarily be perceived in a linear, blow-by-blow sense,

rather the novel is a sterling example of a collection of pages, clauses and

words that comprise 500+ pages, but never staggers nor runs out of narrative

steam, is competently written with astute action/suspense sections--even

dabbles in romance without encroaching into maudlin or cheesy turned queasy.

That said, the film brings these characters to such visually striking,

breathing, three-dimensional life, coupled with the deft direction of Clint

Eastwood and an upper crust cast working in terrific tandem. The shortcomings

of the novel are rectified by said film, and the glossed over or inadequately

deep moments in the film are navigated with such confident style and an

engrossing story, those foibles and/or inconsistencies almost morph to

something endearing. While I will not perform this companion, contrast/comparison

analysis between the primitive novel and polished flick on every Slick Flick

Pick, I will grant you the gift of an either/or/both discussion when I find the

right pairing of bound paper and waxy film. Enjoy you Hellbound Book Hounds and

Cinematic Fanatics as I investigate these various bound collections and similar

comparisons to their corresponding flick--remain on track with your deft, rapt

attention in tact through an aurally pleasing perusal as you sate your

curiosity with each passing slick flick/page flip pleasure on my Chemohawk

rack.

Snuggle the fstars up with a bloody, slick HellBound Book in your secretive nook.

As you earn each paper cut, you'll feel the characters in your gut.

Whether binding open or cover shut, you've wed the novel--the flick serves merely as your mistress slut.

Here, we unwind some novel binding for this is where final cut greets papercut!

The Slick Flick Pick

we will be discussing: Pick 14: Slick Flick Pick: Hail to the Thief-- AARP Burglary Spree (Absolute Power, 1997) **Clint's Film Gamut Series Premier** and

while that flick was undoubtably slick we can examine that slickness with the slick bound binding of AbsolutePower.

This master thief/amateur father, A.K.A. Luther fstars Whitney, remains blood slick bound and gripped by the smoking gun of a blood-stained letter opener slash blackmail with a presidential sealed manuscript!

Today you are gifted the treat of aurally checking out this edition **Third selection of Slick Page Flip** from my Chemohawk Library Rack: Hellbound Binding 3: Slick Page Flip: Witness to a Slain Mistress-- A Thief Skilled, Whore Killed and Vengeance Fulfilled; (Book Comparison/Blackmail File Film Analysis

of Absolute Power)

- Your freestyle logophile, bibliophile and cinephile: Falsetto Prophet

P.S. (Procrastinated Statement) *Intro/outro song, Soulicious, courtesy of the artist, Dyalla.

**Soon your fingers will bleed as you fill your reading need. This is where final cut greets papercut.**

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