Tag Archives: Gangs
The Damned (1963)
I was originally going to post about The Damned (aka These are the Damned, 1963) as a “double feature” with X the Unknown (1956), which is also a Hammer black-and-white SF film dominated by Geiger counter clicks. The Damned can … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Gangs, Hammer, Joseph Losey, Macdonald Carey, Oliver Reed, radiation, Science Fiction, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors
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The Warriors (1979)
Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) intends to make the viewer uncomfortable from the very start. He plunges us into a New York City overrun with street gangs, with no traditional audience surrogate, no Serpico. The opening credits of red spray … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Action, Dystopia, Gangs, Science Fiction, Subway, Walter Hill
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Hey Good Lookin’ (1982)
Finally available on DVD is one of Ralph Bakshi’s more obscure animated films, Hey Good Lookin’ (1982), his R-rated, semi-autobiographical reflection on street life in 1950’s Brooklyn. It’s a personal enough film to complete an informal trilogy begun with Heavy … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Animation, cheesecake, Comedy, Drama, Gangs, Gangsters, Ralph Bakshi, slapstick
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