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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 7, 2021 14:12:21 GMT
Released October 7, 1971. Given my username, may have a conflict of interest here. First saw it in 2007 and immediately loved it. One of the most exciting police thrillers ever made. It was this energy that made William Peter Beatty seek out Bill Friedkin to direct The Exorcist. On his audio commentary for The Godfather, Coppola mentions being worried his film would look like a bore in light of audiences watching Friedkin’s film. Makes a decent double bill with To Live and Die in L.A.
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Post by kolchak92 on Oct 7, 2021 14:13:18 GMT
It's probably the most bored I've ever been watching a movie. I've never made it through the whole thing.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 7, 2021 14:14:02 GMT
I wanted to like it but didn't. The car chase is exciting though.
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 7, 2021 16:25:26 GMT
If, after the end of the classic era, a film maker wanted to make a modern version of a film noir they ran into the problem of filming in brightly lit color. One of the substitutes for darkness they came up with was urban grittiness. We still see it today in films like “Drive” (2011). “The French Connection” was one of the pioneers in this regard and some might say that no one has done it better.
Gene Hackman greatly deserved his Academy Award (and should have won another in “The French Connection 2” four years later).
The scene when Doyle and police crew discover how the drugs are being smuggled into the country is exciting and will elicit a laugh or two. Also, the country learned what “rocker panels” are. Can’t close without mentioning the famous car chase as Popeye speeds through crowed city streets pursuing an elevated commuter train that has been hijacked by a hit man. Groundbreaking. Still being imitated. What cops and robbers thriller today doesn’t have a car chase? Important. Essential. Wildly engaging and entertaining.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 7, 2021 19:30:29 GMT
gets better with each viewing.
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Post by Lux on Oct 7, 2021 19:51:30 GMT
It is shit.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 20:07:21 GMT
“This is cinema.” - Martin Scorsese
But seriously. It’s a damn fine film.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 7, 2021 20:26:49 GMT
8/10 Fine film.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Oct 8, 2021 1:09:01 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Oct 8, 2021 1:09:59 GMT
Gets better with each passing year.
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 8, 2021 1:20:25 GMT
Haven’t seen it in a long time but it’s definitely a great film. I need to revisit. The Pontiac Hackman drives isn’t as cool as McQueens Mustang in Bullitt but it’s still an amazing car chase.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Oct 8, 2021 3:32:10 GMT
Pretty solid movie.
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Post by jonesjxd on Oct 8, 2021 10:04:37 GMT
I saw this movie for the first time in 2003, I was really into the show The Shield and the Joe Carnahan movie Narc, so was scourging the video store for gritty cop movies. I watched Training Day, Serpico, Bullet, Dark Blue, Bad Lieutenant, but it was really the French Connection when I realized I found the movie all all of these gritty movies descended from, and its also the best. In my opinion it's an endlessly entertaining movie where the runtime just flies by. Hackman and Scheider's chemistry makes all their banter electric. I love the authenticity of it, most winter time movies are shot in warmer seasons and decorated with fake snow or even on a sound stage, here they're actually filming in freezing cold New York.
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