American New Wave
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THE OUTFIT (Dir. John Flynn, 1973, US) – ‘The Good Guys Always Win…
* * * * Flynn’s The Outfit, based on the prolific crime writer Donald Westlake, followed on the heels of Peckinpah’s The Getaway which was released a year before in 1972. In fact, if one was going to cite a key film in terms of attempting to contextualise a kind of cinematic lineage then it Continue reading
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SORCERER (Dir. William Friedkin, 1977, US)
* * * * William Friedkin’s 1977 remake of Cluzot’s The Wages of Fear is one of the most atmospheric Hollywood films of its era. Arguably Friedkin’s best film after The Exorcist, Sorcerer was for a very long time a footnote in the end of an era – the New Hollywood one, including films like Continue reading
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ROLLING THUNDER (Dir. John Flynn, 1977, US)
* * William Devane is one of those dependable character actors who got around but never quite broke through as a main lead. Clearly, Rolling Thunder was an exception. Maybe it was Devane’s nose; weaselly and needle like that made him somewhat unlikable. Devane had that finely tuned yet somewhat irritating softly spoken art of Continue reading
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