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163. 'To Live and Die in LA' (1985)

Billy Friedkin, maybe the weirdest (in a good way) major American director of his generation, almost doesn't make sense on paper; wait...the same guy directed 'The French Connection' and 'The Excorcist'? But the ups and downs of Friedkin's storied and somewhat haphazard career are what makes him one of the most interesting directors to consider.

And 'To Live and Die in LA' is some kind of crazy masterpiece, punching WELL above its weight as a non-studio, non-union middling-budget (6 million dollars) independent LA neo-noir.

Filled with superlative near-first-timers like John Turturro, William Petersen, John Pankow, Willem Dafoe and stellar supporting work from the likes of Steve James, Robert Downey, Sr, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Jack Hoar, and Debra Feuer, TLADILA is easily consumed as genre fare...or more diligently dissected as the incredible example of top-tier filmmaking and production design and location and stunt work that it also is. Needless to say that's where I'm taking my cues!

Available now on a newly restored 4K UHD and blu-ray disc, TLADILA has frustratingly not been available to stream but my plea here is that you avail yourself of the physical media and set aside an evening to appreciate this great work of FUN and ART.

Buy the new release here.

Listen to Wang Chung's excellent TLADILA soundtrack here.

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294. 'Crossing Delancey' (1988)

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293. Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' (2026)

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292. Robert Redford in 'The Candidate' (1972)

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291. Listening to The Beatles in Ireland

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290. 'Dogfight' (1991)

Nancy Savoca & Bob Comfort's wonderful jewel-box gem of an American independent film from 1991.

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289. 'Running On Empty' (1988)

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288. [indistinct chatter] 6/19

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