
David Mackenzie’s critically acclaimed
Hell or High Water, a 2016 movie nominated for Best Picture, reminded me of a quiet and subdued gem of a 1993 film that undoubtedly inspired a director just starting to enter his prime. Clint Eastwood (
Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby) was fresh off of
Unforgiven (a movie that earned him his first Best Director Oscar win as well as Best Picture of the Year) and the critically acclaimed and equally fan-adored
In the Line of Fire.
A Perfect World was Eastwood’s third movie between 1992 and 1993, the most successful two-year period of the most exceptional director/actor combination in cinema history.
Continue reading A Perfect World (1993) →
Movies I Watch That Inspire Me to Critique!