The only one I've seen is the original theatrical release.
I'll have to check out the recut version.
On 7/22/07, Jesse Willis <
jessewillis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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 <IndieCrime%40gmail.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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>
>
>
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