On Movies and Books: Strangers on a Train and Brad Pitt Movies

I just finished Patricia Highsmith's psychological thriller, Strangers on a Train. Highsmith is the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley. It was recommended by a feature writer of the WSJ. Plus, Alfred Hitchcock thought it good enough to make into a movie. Two men meet on a train..sounds like a joke...but it is very serious. One wants his father killed and the other is in a nasty marriage and wants a divorce. You see, if the murders are committed and they are motiveless, then no one gets arrested, see? Well, it's a great study in how one can manipulate another's mind to distort reality and create dementia. Let's just say I'm not talking to anyone on a train, a plane or at Six Flags...  Read more...