Bill Bowers (hi, Bill!)
> The "Hoke" novels, for which he finally received
some fame, are actually
my
> least favorites of Willeford's canon; a little too
over the top for me,
> although I do recommend the film version of "Miami
Blues".
Me, too. I've always felt that it's heavily underestimated.
On the Hoke novels: "Sideswipe" was the first Willeford that
really made me think that the guy can write. On the other
novels: "Pick Up" is also great, but maybe a bit dated now,
don't you think? "Wild Wives" in all its exaggeration is a
great one, too.
And on "Cockfighter", the film:
> [And, thanks to a discussion last year on r-a, I
bought the DVD of the
> filmed version. Don't be put off by the fact that it
is a Roger Corman
> film; it is a remarkably faithful retelling of the
novel.
It's only produced by Corman. It's directed by Monte Hellman,
one of my favourite directors, of "The Shooting" and
"Two-Lane Blacktop" fame. It's reputedly the only film Corman
ever lost money on, even though he hired Joe Dante to make a
new trailer for it. Dante snatched a scene of a helicopter
going down from some other film and thought "no one will
notice". Didn't help, though.
Juri back from, what, two-year absence - it's great to be
back!
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