There is this movie that, despite some highly inappropriate scenes and incredibly dark themes, I truly love. It’s a dark humor mystery movie where a hapless fellow and a bubbly neighbor find themselves caught in the crossfire of two different mobs.
It is also something quite different than that. But I won’t tell you what, because you should see it for yourself. It’s called Lucky Number Slevin.
The best thing about this movie is that it so deliciously rewards a second watch. Nearly all of my favorite movies (Monsoon Wedding, Gosford Park are a couple to mention) practically REQUIRE a rewatch in order for you to fully appreciate the details and the depth of the story.
A one-and-done book or movie will likely never make my top ten or even my top fifty. If I have neither the desire nor the need to read it again, it disappears like mist from my mind until all that I can feel when I think about it is vague indifference.
But a book that is enhanced by a second or third read? In fact, one that adds new thrills which only foreknowledge can possibly provide? Oh that is a treasure. That is the goal. To find such a book, as a reader. To create such a book, as a writer.
J. L. Odom 