RARA-AVIS: "Payback"

blumenidiot (blumenidiot@email.msn.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:58:02 -0600 >Now to change the subject back to Westlake -- I ran into somebody last
>night who had just seen "Payback," the remake of course, of "Point
>Blank." He was knocked out by it, said that it was very seventies, very
>funny, and better than "Pulp Fiction." It's going to be a major hit.
>However, he didn't respond when I asked him if it was better than "Point
>Blank."

Dave

With so much of his material available and unfilmed, I can't figure out why
people remake a classic movie. I have heard movie companies have options on
two other Parker books. Most of them would make terrific movies. I think
Butcher's Moon might be a better movie than it was a book.
Mark Blumenthal
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