![]() ![]() In any case, this wouldn’t really be a capper to a remarkable, eclectic career, especially given that Hill has said more than once that all his films are basically westerns. We hope that, as 80 is the new 50 these days given directorial longevity, Hill has more films in him. Screenwriters: Walter Hill, based on a story by Matt Harris, Walter Hill Venue: Venice Film Festival (Out of Competition)Ĭast: Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke, Brandon Scott, Benjamin Bratt, Luis Chavez, Hamish Linklater, Fidel Gomez, Guy Burnett, Alfredo Quiroz, Scott Peat, Diane Villegas, JD Garfield Remember that saying that at night all cats are black? Well, in Dead for a Dollarall the horses are sorrel or bay. The palette is a study in earth tones, all ochre, blood-rust red and high chaparral yellow. Even the highly jiggery-pokered look of the film, presumably shot on digital but adjusted in post so that all the blues get filtered out, makes the movie look like something made 60 or 70 years ago. Either way, this entertaining latest feature from venerable writer-producer-director Walter Hill is soaked in elegiac love for the clean lines, brisk storytelling and moral clarity of classic westerns, like the kind Boetticher used to make, such as The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Man From the Alamo (1953) or Comanche Station (1960). In fact, it’s not entirely clear whether or not it officially is the film’s subtitle. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.As the credits come up on screen at the end of Dead for a Dollarthe dedication “In Memory of Budd Boetticher” is bannered so prominently next to the title, it could almost serve as a subtitle for the film itself. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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