Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. It was filmed on location in parts of Mississippi and recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard, and his wife, played by Debra Winger. The soundtrack includes music by Tom Verlaine, the Kronos Quartet, and R.L. Burnside.
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Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. It was filmed on location in parts of Mississippi and recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard, and his wife, played by Debra Winger. The soundtrack includes music by Tom Verlaine, the Kronos Quartet, and R.L. Burnside.
Big Bad Love shares its title and characters with those in Mississippi writer Larry Brown's short story collection. The main character is an unsuccessful alcoholic writer, motivated by desire for his estranged wife (played by Debra Winger) and the urging of his Vietnam War buddy Monroe (played by Paul Le Mat) to continue to write. He is angry, yet hopeful that he will sell a story. When tragedy strikes a close friend and his daughter, Leon is forced to rethink his way of life.
New York Times reviewer By A. O. Scott wrote, "For every moment of...
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