Phurious | 6th January 2012 06:51 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by pedromonkey
(Post 207739)
Point Blank is a fab film, Lee Marvin is the quintessential hard bastard in it. It's the basis of Gibson's Payback to which the directors cut is far superior. | Also Point Blank is another one of those curious films that in a side of LA that's not too common in the movies.
Recently there was Nicolas Winding Refn's superb Drive and in the 80s there was the contender for best film of the decade (for me) in the shape of Friedkin's absolutely incredible To Live And Die In L.A.
Two of the above are directed by guys from Europe (Boorman from the UK and Refn from Denmark) and Friedkin hails from Chicago, so as is often the case it takes outside eyes to really bring something fresh to a place that has dominated movie screens since the beginning of the 20th century.
And even though I'm not a fan of Terminator 2 any more, Cameron (a Canadian) does a sterling job of utilising those dried up canal overflows in 'that' chase scene. In fact, Refn, Boorman and Friedkin all use those overflows superbly too.
But, I absolutely agree Point Blank is an excellent movie and is up there with 2001, for me, as one of the best films of the 60s. I love most of Boorman's films anyway, but he really pulled it out of the bag with this one. |