Double Feature: Angel Heart and Devil‘s Advocate

At a listener's request, Mike and Dan talk about two of our greatest living actors playing the Prince of Darkness: Robert De Niro in Angel Heart (1987) and Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate (1997). How does this diabolical duo fare in their Satanic portrayals? Not well: as Mike says, "When you have the big guns, I expect a big gun result." But all's not gloom and doom, since both films help us better understand the challenges of screenwriting and the difficulty of sustaining suspense. Rosemary's Baby, The Screwtape Letters, Paradise Lost, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are mentioned as Mike and Dan talk about entering scenes late, leaving them early, and Pacino's yelling, and Keanu Reeves's terrific haircut. So sell your soul and give it a listen!   Please subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts and follow us on YouTube, Twitter and Letterboxd. Please rate and review the show on Apple podcasts and contact us at [email protected]. Incredible bumper music by John Deley.