Mark wrote:
>However, as with anything else, I think it depends
upon the writer's
>skill. The first time I remember seeing cell phones
used extensvely was
>in the movie Trespass, allowing the drug dealers to
communicate with
>each other while combing the abandoned building for
witnesses. Walter
>Hill used it very effecively to heighten
suspense.
Another fine example is found in Right As Rain from
Pelecanos. Strange and Quinn use cell phones to communicate.
As they note, Walkie Talkies tend to draw stares, but cell
phones allow one to look like every other donkey out there
blathering away.
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