Comments on: The Essentials: The 5 Best Walter Hill Films https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/ Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: Kevin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61904 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61904 Loved this piece—thank you! I've been a fan of Mr. Hill's work since seeing "The Warriors" in its first release in theaters. One note: in the write-up for "The Warriors," it was Cleon played by Dorsey Wright who was framed for the murder of Cyrus, who was the leader of the Riffs.

]]> By: Ben https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61905 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61905 I missed Walter Hill. I would take Hill over Quentin Tarantino any day. Almost every contemporary director that directs a tough action/ thriller movie, borrows from Walter- but they cannot touch his unique touch. I am so happy Hill is finally getting more of the love and respect that he should have received decades ago.

]]> By: Fred https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61906 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61906 Great article and cannot dissent too much with "The Driver" as the #1 pick though I would place Hard Times and The Long Riders higher personally. I always take the opportunity to plug the little-known "Hickey and Boggs" when Hill or 70's crime cinema come up and this will be no exception: His first screenplay was one of the best and is worth seeking out.

]]> By: Arch https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61907 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61907 Great selection, I'd go with Southern Comfort personally with a shout-out to Johnny Handsome.
Also check out Matt's recap of a Q&A Hill did recently (and his amazing idea for a potential Southern Comfort remake [not really] ) : http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/walter-hill-q-and-a-southern-comfort
PS : was just recently amazed to see his name during the opening of … Take the money and run !

]]> By: James https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61908 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61908 Extreme Prejudice is pretty awesome, even if he did lift the finale from The Wild Bunch.

]]> By: Crafton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61909 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61909 surprised that The Long Riders didn't get an honorable mention.

]]> By: Michael Norman https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61896 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61896 Hard Times is my all time favorite movie. Glad to see Mr Hill getting the attention he deserves.

]]> By: Xmasevebaby https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61897 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61897 48 HRS was Walter Hill's best film. With a few modifications, you could literally remake that film scene-for-scene into a great Western. Replace the cars with horses in late 19th Century San Francisco, modify some of the dialogue, and boom would go the dynamite.

]]> By: Jeff https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61898 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61898 In no particular order.

48 Hrs
The Warriors
Southern Comfort
Wild Bill
The Driver

Geronimo is definitely an honorable mention.

]]> By: Shawn Gordon, writer at moviezonemagazine.com https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61899 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61899 1. The Warriors
2. Johnny Handsome
3. The Long Riders
4. The Driver
5. Wild Bill
(tie) Trespass

Honorable mention: everything except "Brewster's Millions" and "Anther 48HRS." A particular mention should be "Crossroads" because so few people know it or appreciate it.

]]> By: aquarius1271 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61900 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61900 I like that Trespass got into this list. I only saw it once during its initial cable TV run back in 93 and I remember having been really impressed by it. The same with The Driver. I only saw it years ago and still have fond memories.

]]> By: 3456 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61901 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61901 Though Hill is well known as a director and screenwriter, his crucial contrubutions to screenwriting style are often overlooked. Completely stripped down, "haiku-like," as he put it. Nothing else ever written in the format reads quite like it. Somehow, to me, his style is actually harder/slower to read and less comprehensible than that of slightly more descriptive screenplays– but it's fascinating. A great counterpoint to the somehow in-vogue contemporary overwritten script

]]> By: yo https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61902 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61902 what did quentin refrence from the driver?

]]> By: Leonardo https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-20130201/#comment-61903 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/the-essentials-the-5-best-walter-hill-films-101918/#comment-61903 "Extreme Prejudice" and "Last Man Standing" make a great double feature.

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