Which version of Payback are you referring to? There's a
recut version on DVD now that more strictly adheres to the
original script.
Jesse
--- Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
> Last night I watched Point Blank for the first
time.
> I liked the
> movie, but it seems to me the character of Walker
as
> played by Lee
> Marvin is a far cry from Westlake's Parker.
Walker
> is very much a
> haunted figure, who, at times, seems uncertain
of
> what he's doing, and
> why he's doing it. From the couple of Parker
novels
> I've read (I've
> never run across a copy of The Hunter), it
seems
> like Parker is never
> troubled by any sort of doubts. He is a
totally
> amoral professional
> who steals because it's what he does. He never
seems
> troubled by his
> career choice, or the use of violence. His
stoicism
> and force of
> character (even if it's bad character) are part
of
> his charm. I think
> Point Blank managed to lose that aspect of
the
> character.
> In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and
say
> that the Parker
> character as played by Mel Gibson in Payback came
a
> lot closer to
> Westlake's Parker than Marvin's character did. (On
a
> related note, in
> the DVD commentary director John Boorman said
the
> original script for
> Point Blank, which both he and Marvin hated, was
a
> lot like the script
> of Payback.)
>
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