The Business is "comparatively highbrow"? Man, the word "comparatively" is bearing a hell of a burden there, but you're not wrong. If you want to see David Hayman in top form, check out A Sense of Freedom (a HandMade Film, no less!) - Jesus, that's grim.
Yeesh, that looks great. I'll definitely check that out. Mackenzie's is an incredible career, no? Unman, Wittering and Zigo?, The Long Good Friday? Red Shift? Apaches? That's 'journeyman/visionary' shit right there.
Not to mention the scariest of all the “children in danger” information films, Apaches (which I believe is an extra on The Long Good Friday Arrow disc)! I’ve been petrified of farm machinery ever since.
A Fairbrass mention! They brought him stateside for his own Taken with an entirely overqualified cast (James Caan, Jason Patric, Shannon Elizabeth) and it reeked entirely of one of those money-laundering movies DeNiro and 50 used to make (and maybe still do?).
Does Michael Caine's over praised "Harry Brown" count as blokesploitation? I doubt it, but maybe I'm wrong!
Oh, Harry Brown is primo blokesploitation. Ticks all the slightly reactionary boxes. I really need to see Fairbrass going berserk stateside. Are we witnessing the beginning of a Fairconaissance? I do hope so.
The Business is "comparatively highbrow"? Man, the word "comparatively" is bearing a hell of a burden there, but you're not wrong. If you want to see David Hayman in top form, check out A Sense of Freedom (a HandMade Film, no less!) - Jesus, that's grim.
Yeesh, that looks great. I'll definitely check that out. Mackenzie's is an incredible career, no? Unman, Wittering and Zigo?, The Long Good Friday? Red Shift? Apaches? That's 'journeyman/visionary' shit right there.
Not to mention the scariest of all the “children in danger” information films, Apaches (which I believe is an extra on The Long Good Friday Arrow disc)! I’ve been petrified of farm machinery ever since.
Jesus, the bit where the girl that's drunk lye starts screaming for her mum *shudders*
A Fairbrass mention! They brought him stateside for his own Taken with an entirely overqualified cast (James Caan, Jason Patric, Shannon Elizabeth) and it reeked entirely of one of those money-laundering movies DeNiro and 50 used to make (and maybe still do?).
Does Michael Caine's over praised "Harry Brown" count as blokesploitation? I doubt it, but maybe I'm wrong!
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Oh, Harry Brown is primo blokesploitation. Ticks all the slightly reactionary boxes. I really need to see Fairbrass going berserk stateside. Are we witnessing the beginning of a Fairconaissance? I do hope so.