Comments on: The Essentials: Walter Hill’s Best Films

By: Whodatninja

Whodatninja — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Maybe YOU think 48hrs isn't as funny as YOU remember it but that doesn't make it so. For all of your flowery noodling you're not free of a few type os, baffling conclusions (especially your over sensitive and off base assessment of the aforementioned 48hrs) and falling victim to being too in love with your own writing. It wouldn't hurt to take a few pointers from the subject you were writing about and get down to the point. And Trespass? Johnny Handsome, Red Heat, Last Man Standing or Crossroads would have made a lot more sense, but it's your list. It just isn't a definitive one.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Nice list. Definitely some films I'll have to check out.

But disappointed you didn't do Last Man Standing in more detail. It's a tight little film with a stellar cast. Very Hillish.
Especially interesting if you're a Deadwood fan, seeing all those familiar faces pop up.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Say 48 Hours recently, first time in a long time. Great fun. Can't say I found anything remotely offensive in it. Clearly I'm not going to get my PC badge this year, then…

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

I really enjoy Crossroads. His collaboration with Ry Cooder on that one is blues perfection. The guitar duel is classic but should be iconic.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

I got to meet Walter Hill on the set of "Red Heat" and had a chance to chat with him a bit. One question I had to ask him was about the name "Torchy's" that's seen as the name of a bar or club in several of his films, beginning with "The Driver." He told me that there was a small neighborhood bar named Torchy's that he and his production people used to spend time in, and when "The Driver" came along, he told his set designer to "make it Torch's," by which he just meant to replicate the ambience; however, the designer took him at his word and that was that, after which it became a running in-joke.

I also got to tell him about how a few years earlier I had been visiting a friend who was managing a theater, and I stepped inside to check out the trailers. On came one that showed somebody singing, and then something blows up, and then some more singing, and somebody gets shot, etc. I stood there watching it thinking to myself, "This looks like 'Flashdance' as directed by Walter Hill." And then came on the screen the words "A Film by Walter Hill" and I had to start laughing. Of course, it was "Streets of Fire." Thankfully, he also found the story amusing.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Please check your facts. In The Warriors synopsis, you wrote that the Warriors' leader, Cyrus, was framed for the murder of the leader of the Riffs. Cyrus WAS the leader of the Riffs! Cleon was the leader of the Warriors. Cyrus was assassinated which led to everything that followed in the movie. Cleon was killed by the Riffs after being accused by the Rogues. Then you wrote that Luther, leader of the Rogues, put a hit out on The Warriors. The Riffs put out the hit on the Warriors! If you're going to do a list like this, please get your facts right about the movies. It makes me question your plot summaries for the Hill movies I haven't seen.

By: Pig Bodine

Pig Bodine — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Nice list. But that still photo of Nolte and Murphy on your lede pic? It's from "Another 48 Hours."

By: Slen

Slen — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:09:08 +0000

Perfect list.