Juri Nummelin (jurnum@utu.fi)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:02:48 +0200 (EET)
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Speaking of John Woo and Melville, wasn't the
latter's Le Samourai
> supposed to have been the inspiration for the
former's The Killer?
Yes, but Woo's film lacks almost totally the Melville film's
coolness. Shooting, shooting, little moralizing, shooting,
shooting, shooting.. do I need to go on? Boring film, while
"Le Samourai" isn't dated a bit.
Juri jurnum@utu.fi
>
> Also, I have read that John Woo says he learned how
his characters
> should hold their guns by watching Alain
Delon.
>
> Mark
>
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