tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post3075603015768047042..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-88816207327826989872019-03-28T11:17:05.692-04:002019-03-28T11:17:05.692-04:00Glad you enjoyed this.
There's nothing like t...Glad you enjoyed this.<br /><br />There's nothing like the experience of seeing John Wayne strutting down a grimy and threatening urban street while hearing 70's "cop show funk" with scratch guitar pumping away in the background.<br /><br />If I had my own Alamo Drafthouse-style theater where I could book whatever I wanted and not worry that only 6 people would come to my theater, and half of them would be family and friends, I would book a double bill of 70's Wayne crime films, McQ and BRANNIGAN.<br /><br />I actually saw both of these Wayne cop films theatrically when they were out, and in the post-Death Wish, post-Walking Tall world of 1974-75, the audience was hooting and cheering and stamping their feet (even fist-pumping, even though it was in a darkened theater!) every time The Duke kicked someone's ass, chewed out someone, or fired his gun. These also played the drive-in circuit, at least in Denver, back then, and I remember cars being lined up on the street for one of these at the drive-in in my neighborhood!<br /><br />I wish The Duke had made more of these police films. I could watch him manhandle and threaten sleazy punks all day!<br /><br />Bill S.Bill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07573129431937332002noreply@blogger.com