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Apr 9, 2017 · The director of classics 'The Warriors' and '48 Hrs.' looks back on his legendary career. Jason Guerrasio. Apr 9, 2017, 8:00 AM PDT. Walter Hill. Nicolas Aproux. Walter Hill is responsible for ...
An auteur in every sense of the word, director Walter Hill took the baton passed him by Sam Peckinpah and became a specialist in the archetypal male action movie, reveling in the artifice of the genre, while at the same time, straining against its constraints. Strongly influenced by John Ford...
Walter Hill is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The Getaway.
Mar 15, 2023 · As a director, Hill is known for his lean, muscular action movies, films that hybridised genres to electric effect. From westerns like The Long Riders (1980) and Wild Bill (1995) to neo-noirs like The Driver (1978) and Johnny Handsome (1989), Hill’s singular adaptability has seen him take the changes wrought by New Hollywood and the resurgent studio system of the 1980s in his stride.
Jul 9, 2014 · Walter Hill famously said reading Alexander Jacobs’ script of John Boorman’s stylish, even nouvelle-vague influenced 1967 crime film “Point Blank” was revelatory to his process. He helped ...
Sep 30, 2022 · Dead for a Dollar: Directed by Walter Hill. With Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke. A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before.
Aug 12, 2022 · Walter HIll, the iconic director of such films as The Warriors, 48 Hours and Red Heat, will be honored for his life’s work at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. He will receive the ...