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Post-traumatic noir part 2: Who’ll Stop The Rain

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Andrew Nette| 2 Comments

A while ago on this blog I wrote about the 1981 Ivan Passer movie, Cutter’s Way. Based ased on the 1976 cult novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg, it’s one of the best crime films to deal with the impact … Continue reading →

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Cutter’s Way: post traumatic noir

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Andrew Nette| 1 Comment

American crime films in the seventies and early eighties were littered with the damaged veterans of the Vietnam War. They appear in most of the key crime sub-genres: the revenge film (Rolling Thunder), the road movie (Electra Glide in Blue), … Continue reading →

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