To those who feel the movie is ‘flat’: give it time, it will keep coming back to you. There’s few films anywhere (and almost no other American film) which is laid down in the chord Yates finds for this story. On the other hand, it may be the too-fast-too-glossy films you grew up on; if you’re a product of recent times—sure, you may never ‘get it’. That’s true too.
To those who feel the film ’doesn’t feel like Boston’ —there will probably never be another film which has more of a Boston feel. Check out the opinions of people who were there at the time. I mean, come on, the hockey game scene?
It doesn’t matter where Yates is from either. If you hadn’t known that you couldn’t have guessed it from his direction.
Note on the source material: Elmore Leonard called it the best American crime novel ever. Yeah, that Elmore Leonard.
In sum: there’s a lot more going on in this film than just Mitchum’s memorable performance. There’s just nothing else like Eddie Coyle. Look closely. Its one of the best crime films ever made. The equal of anything that came out of Europe or Great Britain for the entire century.
Has anyone seen The Friends of Eddie Coyle??????????? over 2 years ago
To those who feel the movie is ‘flat’: give it time, it will keep coming back to you. There’s few films anywhere (and almost no other American film) which is laid down in the chord Yates finds for this story. On the other hand, it may be the too-fast-too-glossy films you grew up on; if you’re a product of recent times—sure, you may never ‘get it’. That’s true too.
To those who feel the film ’doesn’t feel like Boston’ —there will probably never be another film which has more of a Boston feel. Check out the opinions of people who were there at the time. I mean, come on, the hockey game scene?
It doesn’t matter where Yates is from either. If you hadn’t known that you couldn’t have guessed it from his direction.
Note on the source material: Elmore Leonard called it the best American crime novel ever. Yeah, that Elmore Leonard.
In sum: there’s a lot more going on in this film than just Mitchum’s memorable performance. There’s just nothing else like Eddie Coyle. Look closely. Its one of the best crime films ever made. The equal of anything that came out of Europe or Great Britain for the entire century.
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