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- From: gswan@psych.toronto.edu (George Swan)
- Subject: The works of Walter Hill (was Re: REVIEW: TRESPASS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.194817.14357@psych.toronto.edu>
- Summary: In addition to directing questionable movies, he co-produced Alien^3
- Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
- References: <1992Dec29.151438.14964@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:48:17 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In his recent, interesting, review of "Trespass", the Phantom,
- (sbb@panix.com) provided a summary of the movies Walter Hill has directed.
-
- I've made a point of trying to avoid his work, since I saw Red Heat",
- and I realized that the only women to get speaking parts in his films
- would be cast as prostitutes.
-
- So, I knew I would be disappointed in Alien^3 when I learned he was one
- of the co-producers. As one of the co-producers, I think he should take
- quite a bit of the flack for this one, as they would have been the ones
- who kept firing directors, and screen-writers. They may very well have
- been the ones who insisted that the film be completed with the footage
- in the can, when the film went over budget.
-
- In article <1992Dec29.151438.14964@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> sbb@panix.com (The Phantom) writes:
- > TRESPASS
- > A review in the public domain
- > by The Phantom
- > (sbb@panix.com)
- >
- > Walter Hill has been responsible for much of what's right -- and
- >much of what's wrong -- with contemporary action films. He made his
- >name with the classic late Seventies exploitation film, THE WARRIORS
- >(the film that first got theater owners worried about more than just
- >spilled Coke and gum stuck under the seats), then went on to direct the
- >somewhat more complex and rewarding films THE LONG RIDERS and SOUTHERN
- >COMFORT, finally gaining mainstream attention and widespread praise for
- >his taut and perceptive handling of the film that made Eddie Murphy the
- >biggest box office draw of the eighties: 48 HRS.
- >
- > Since those glory days of the late seventies and early eighties,
- >however, Hill's contribution to the world of the high quality action
- >film have been rather substantially diluted by an unbroken string of
- >cinematic dogs, ranging from STREETS OF FIRE, to BREWSTER'S MILLIONS,
- >JOHNNY HANDSOME, and RED HEAT, and culminating with the toxically bad
- >ANOTHER 48 HRS., a film that to this day haunts the Phantom's worst
- >nightmares.
-