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Tag Archives: Gene Hackman
Night Moves (1975)
“I think people are shitty and you’re okay” A wonderfully grizzled PI dirge from the heart of the 70s, Night Moves is my favourite Arthur Penn I’ve seen so far. It’s a movie in which Gene Hackman seems to embody every damn … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, Arthur Penn, Gene Hackman, Harris Yulin, James Woods, Jennifer Warren, Melanie Griffith, Susan Clark
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Eureka (1983)
A typically Roeg-ian mosaic of greed, lust and rivalry that starts off ice-cold before reaching sunburnt-levels of craziness. Really underrated performance from Hackman here. He plays an extremely hateful, angry character. Very characteristic of Hackman’s best roles (Popeye, Harry Caul) … Continue reading
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Tagged Eureka, Gene Hackman, Joe Pesci, Joe Spinell, Mickey Rourke, Nicolas Roeg, Rutger Haur, Theresa Russell
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