Comments on: BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS >> Goodbye, Mr. Westlake

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:18:41 +0000

What is truly sad are all the awful Dortmunder films: Whats The Worst That Can Happen, Bank Shot, and the truly awful Jimmy The Kid.

By: Paul Kupperberg

Paul Kupperberg — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:50:16 +0000

While my first thought for Dortmunder wouldn’t have been Redford (Jack Warden, maybe?) I love the rest of the cast of HOT ROCK, especially Zero Mostel…and the opening robbery scene is shot at my beloved Brooklyn Museum, plus the helicopter scene contains some amazing shots of NYC of the day, including the WTC still under construction. Afghanistan banana stand, indeed.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:18:06 +0000

yeah it was not a gung ho decision to clean up the town. But this column had to be retype all from memory since the original write up got lost by some accindental deletion. So I had to go back and retype the first two reviews from memory after reading the third.

By: Glen Davis

Glen Davis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:41:18 +0000

I seem to remember Killing Time differently than you describe. Smith isn’t enthusiastic about cleaning up the town until somebody tries to kill him. And even then, it’s not so much about cleaning up the town as it is finding the killer in self defense.