John Boorman: A Retrospective

There was a time when John Boorman was the toast of the film school student. That time was the late sixties and early seventies, mostly on the strength of his second film, the Lee Marvin starring adaptation of a Richard Stark novel Point Blank. Borderline experimental while also existing firmly in the realm of the crime movie, it did some really interesting things in terms of editing, tone, and performance that were unlike anything else at the time. His importance was along the lines of Jean-Pie...