Philip Benz (Philip.Benz@wanadoo.fr)
Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:21:32 +0200
Kevin sez:
<< Does LAST MAN STANDING actually credit Hammett ?
Yikes! The film should really credit Daly. I mean, come on.
Bang! Bang! Bang!--Literary reference to Hammett--Bang! Bang!
Bang! >>
Yes, there is rather... a lot of gunfire. No, I don't recall
any actual reference to Hammett (though I was only able to
see the film in its French-dubbed version) but the voiceover
and the situation and the raw, tough-guy-protector-of-dames
character Willis plays incited me to ask you ornery and
knowledgeable lot about the connection.
Quite a shift from _TMF_ to _Last Man Standing_, eh? IIRC, in
_TMF_ the only gunfire takes place offscreen, unless you
count the surreal Archer's death scene. Also _Last Man
Standing_ lacks that quintessential film noir character, the
femme fatale.
So why is it that my students keep asking me to use more
*recent* film clips in my class? They only have eyes for
_Goldeneye_.
BTW, as long as I've got your attention, can anyone give me
refs for a film version of Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the
Slaughter"?
Cheers, --- Phil Lycé¥ Astier, Aubenas, France
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