--- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> FWIW, The Hot Spot was directed by Dennis Hopper,
so
> it's Hopper or Truffaut, more specifically.
It's
> certainly Johnson's best work and one of the
few
> great
> modern noir films.
>
Johnson's best work? I can't even take that seriously. I'm
not trying to be difficult or sound like some kind of a snob
-- a snob I am not -- but please. As for The Hot Spot, it is
much like the neo noir: Style over substance. The film struck
me as all dressed up and nowhere to go. It seemed so
self-conscious at times it was painful.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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