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The
Walker (2007)   
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Director:
Paul Schrader |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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Genre
Drama |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
The
Walker |
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RUNNING
TIME
107
minutes |
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Producer:
Deepak Nayar |
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Screenwriter (based on the novel by Russell Banks):
Paul Schrader |
Review
Paul Schrader demonstrates his
talents as a screenwriter in the first half of The Walker, when
he creates a solid backdrop for a dissection of backroom politics and
power-struggles in Washington D.C. It's just that the ensuing crime
twist is rather slight, and Schrader doesn't really have anything to say,
although aficionados may enjoy the fact that the film is a thematic
sequel of sorts to
American Gigolo. The
movie's best asset is the character portrait of Carter Page III, with
Woody Harrelson delivering another fine, multi-faceted performance,
despite reportedly not getting along with Schrader. Harrelson's circle of
socialite friends includes a number of fine ageing actresses, not least Lauren Bacall, who easily has the
film's best line when she quips "Memory is
a very unreliable organ. It’s right up there with the penis".
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