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It kind of ruled. Wish the soundtrack didn't blow so much. You can tell it's one of the movies that influences the GTA series.
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Watched To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
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The counterfeiting scene is fascinating to watch:
Apparently, the whole process was pretty accurate for the time. They got a real forger to replicate a lot of the steps on film and ended up with a final product that was almost indistinguishable from real money.
Apparently, the whole process was pretty accurate for the time. They got a real forger to replicate a lot of the steps on film and ended up with a final product that was almost indistinguishable from real money.
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The guy who wrote the book that the film was based on was a Fed whose job was to track down counterfeit currency. So a lot of the movie is actually very accurate. This movie is similar to like Manhunter or even The Wire in terms of how detailed into the investigation it goes into compared to most other cop films.
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Pure classic. One of Friedkin's most underrated. The fucking soundtrack RULED. It's so perfectly 80s, I can't picture the movie without Wang Chung doing the score.
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Just watched it for first time and I'm thrilled by how good it is. Ordered the 4k uhd version that has a bunch of special features to rewatch with my dad
@CuntFucker . is spot on with the GTA influencing I recognized a ton of stuff that they straight copied for gtaV. Haven't played it for 7 or 8 years but immediately recognized stuff like it was yesterday
Love watching old Rockford Files and Colombo to see old Los Angeles but this movie nails the feeling of it so well
Hell of a drug.
@CuntFucker . is spot on with the GTA influencing I recognized a ton of stuff that they straight copied for gtaV. Haven't played it for 7 or 8 years but immediately recognized stuff like it was yesterday
Love watching old Rockford Files and Colombo to see old Los Angeles but this movie nails the feeling of it so well
Hell of a drug.
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Movie rules. All of that dudes early work rules pretty hard. It has kind of a dated feel to it I can’t put my hands on what exactly is. But it’s great nonetheless. Cruising is fucking great especially if you pretend it’s in the same setting as the exorcist and the gay community is possessed by the devil.
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Great movie, even has Robert Downey Sr in a small part. Dafoe of course is a great villain. The score does sound dated now but it fits the movie.
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Did you ever watch Killer Joe (2013)? Going by the title, you'd expect a shit movie, but it rules. Typical transgressive Friedkin stuff.
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On the DVD commentary, the guy who played the partner to the main cop says that every year or so, a guy comes up to him and says he's retired law enforcement. The retired cop then compliments his work in the scene where he's in the back seat of the car freaking out while his partner is driving.
Apparently every undercover cop has a moment where he is convinced his cover is blown and he's trying to psychologically accept his upcoming murder and he's freaking the fuck out just like the guy in the movie. And then the moment passes and you're back to playing your role. But Petevich (the writer) Friedkin and the actor portrayed that moment so well lots of cops still recognize the B List actor whose name I can't remember.
Apparently every undercover cop has a moment where he is convinced his cover is blown and he's trying to psychologically accept his upcoming murder and he's freaking the fuck out just like the guy in the movie. And then the moment passes and you're back to playing your role. But Petevich (the writer) Friedkin and the actor portrayed that moment so well lots of cops still recognize the B List actor whose name I can't remember.
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Friedkin is awesome. If you want to go down a rabbit hole, watch some of his interviews or live Q&As on YouTube. He's hilarious (and he HATES Pacino).
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"I couldn't give a SHIT what Al Pacino thinks!"
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I've never heard of the movie but seeing as it inspired GTA makes me wanna see it. Plus that counterfeit scene was pretty cool.
I'll watch it tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for bumping a post from almost a year ago.
I'll watch it tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for bumping a post from almost a year ago.
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It’s a good one, same guy from Manhunter playing the cop. They said the fake money made in the movie was mostly confiscated but some bills did end up in circulation and eventually traced back to this movie. Also a lot of ex cons / detectives / etc were used as technical consultants to make it as accurate at possible.
William Peterson (from Manhunter) said playing a serious cop on edge in this and Manhunter so close together really messed him up mentally.
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William Peterson sounds like a fag.
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He was good in Manhunter and To Live and Die in LA then pretty much fell off the earth and has been doing CSI and it’s various spin offs for years. He’s stuck playing a cop.