MediathekperlenFeb 14
Stephen Frears – „Hi Lo Country“ (1998)

Weite Landschaften sind im Kino selten unschuldig. Sie versprechen Freiheit und erzählen doch von Besitz. Hier blickt der Brite Stephen Frears auf den amerikanischen Mythos des Westens, aber ohne ihm zu verfallen. Er kommt aus dem britischen Realismus, der Klassenverhältnisse offenlegt, statt sie in Sonnenuntergängen zu verkitschen. Genau diese Distanz macht den Film politisch. Mit Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette und Penélope Cruz. (ARTE, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/stephen-frears-hi-lo-country-1998/
Michael Knox-SmithJun 26, 2025
Appaloosa (2008): No Quickdraw Here https://mikesfilmtalk.com/2024/12/23/appaloosa-2008-no-quickdraw-here/ #Appaloosa, #DeanSemler, #EdHarris, #JeremyIrons, #ReneeZellweger, #RobertBParker, #RobertKnott, #ViggoMortensen, #TimothySpall
Appaloosa (2008): No Quickdraw Here

The 2008 western Appaloosa turns gunfighting on its head. There is no quickdraw here. Instead we have the "who shoots straightest wins."

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Michael Knox-SmithDec 23, 2024
Appaloosa (2008): No Quickdraw Here https://mikesfilmtalk.com/2024/12/23/appaloosa-2008-no-quickdraw-here-2/ #Appaloosa, #DeanSemler, #EdHarris, #JeremyIrons, #ReneeZellweger, #RobertBParker, #RobertKnott, #ViggoMortensen
Appaloosa (2008): No Quickdraw Here

The 2008 western Appaloosa turns gunfighting on its head. There is no quickdraw here. Instead we have the "who shoots straightest wins."

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Show threadGerald SoMar 6, 2023
#AceAtkins won a competition to write #Spenser w/ 50 sample pages. The first #JesseStone continuation author, #MichaelBrandman, got that job b/c he'd worked on the #TomSelleck Jesse Stone #Movies. #RobertKnott likewise got the job to continue #RobertBParker's Cole & Hitch #Novels b/c he'd co-written the movie adaptation of #Appaloosa.