--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- Patrick King <abrasax93@...>
wrote:
>
> >
> > FWIW, The Hot Spot was directed by Dennis
Hopper, so
> > it's Hopper or Truffaut, more specifically.
It's
> > certainly Johnson's best work and one of the
few
> > great
> > modern noir films.
> >
> Johnson's best work? I can't even take that
seriously.
> I'm not trying to be difficult or sound like some
kind
> of a snob -- a snob I am not -- but
please.
What are you talking about? THE HOT SPOT is widely regarded
as Johnson's great artistic achievement, surpassing even the
landmark work that is HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN
(known to scholars as simply 'BRO). In his 1996 work THE
INFLUENCE OF DON JOHNSON ON MODERN BALLET, Professor Josef
King states "In The Hot Spot, Hopper didn't know his ass from
a hole in the ground. He was too busy sucking gas and humping
tree stumps. Johnson effectively took the directorial reins
and guided the movie to a place rarely glimpsed in cinema
history, a nirvana state where all the arts meet in a
glorious union of aesthetic and intellectual ideals."
Charlie Williams
---------- charliewilliams.net
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