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| by LUIS MOLINA JUST HEARD THAT MR. WALTER HILL IS FILMING A NEW WESTERN IN 2005. I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT EVEN AS AN EXTRA. WESTERNS ARE MY FAVORITE MOVIE GENDRE. ANY IDEA OF THE WAY I COULD GET MORE INFO , LOCATION ? ETC... THANK YOU. Comment on this... |
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| by j lawler couldn't help but notice the casting of carradine,boothe and finally coyote in the great "deadwood" series. how bout finding something for fred ward in season 2. he'd fit right in. pass it along to hill and milch. p.s.brion james would have been great too. Comment on this... |
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| by linda I love THE WARRIORS the gang get ups are so interesting i wanted to buy a baseball outfit like the ones worn in the movie. where can i get one? thanks i only watch this movie alo the way through i usually don't watch whole movies good stuff linda Comment on this... |
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| by Mark Spillman I like many of Walter Hill's movies. I think he exceeds his predecessor, Sam Peckinpah in many respects. If Peckinpah was the innovator, then Hill was the perfector of cinematic violence. "The Driver" is an underrated early attempt of Hill's. A spare, relentless, hard-boiled crime drama with the ambivilent morality of many of Peckinpah's films. It is a must-see for any Hill fan. "Streets of Fire" is a misunderstood Rockn'Roll flick which many of the critics panned (like The Driver) upon its release. It is very entertaining and almost poetic in its cadence. Hill is a director who is at once artistic and unafraid to pander to the general public. Whereas his films may suffer from the pandering, likely they would not get made, or at least suffer from lower budgets, if he was afraid to go for the popular market. Who knows, in the end, whether his work suffers or benefits from this trait of his? "Geronimo", "The Warriors", "Last Man Standing", "The Long Riders", and several others are well-known, so I will only concentrate on what I consider to be his lesser known flicks. "Extreme Prejudice" could be considered almost an updated version of or a salute to "The Wild Bunch", a movie I consider one of the greatest ever made. Hill is blessed with an extremely talented cast and makes the most of his script which is nearly non-stop violence and sure to please any action fan. Lastly, "Trespass", was another of his underrated films. The story of two firemen on a treasure hunt for gold in an East St. Louis ghetto is very tense and twisted. Another must-see. I have yet to see Hill's "Undisputed". I had seen the movie advertised and thought it looked good. I didn't even know Hill directed it until I surfed here. That is how nearly all of Hill's movies have been for me. I'll rent one or see it advertised and watch it unknowing that he directed it until the end credits roll. I've never been disappointed with a Hill flick. I can't even pick out which one is best. He's a great director.  to his whole body of work.Comment on this... |