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theblackmeat March 8 2010, 04:36:47 UTC
Please compliment your mom's taste on my behalf!

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suspiriorum March 8 2010, 04:53:21 UTC
Oh, I definitely will. She loves 'em handsome and foreign (though her preference for the Dick Cavett-type won over with my dad). Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, and Dick Bogarde are other examples of her taste in men.

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theblackmeat March 8 2010, 04:54:04 UTC
Rutger Hauer is awesome. XD Have we talked about him yet? I feel like it's inevitable, if it hasn't already occurred.

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suspiriorum March 8 2010, 06:40:22 UTC
It hasn't but it should. My parents used to rent all of his foreign films in the '80s.

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theblackmeat March 8 2010, 06:41:30 UTC
I've only seen a handful of his films: Blade Runner, Batman Begins, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. I should watch that movie where he escapes from a concentration camp at some point.

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suspiriorum March 8 2010, 23:00:02 UTC
I've seen Blade Runner, The Hitcher, and Ladyhawke, along with a couple of late '80s films he made with Joan Chen.

I know my parents quite liked Agent Orange, along with his American '80s films.

Oh, and Nighthawks! I nearly forgot that one. That was his first American film, I believe. He and Stallone were both excellent in that one.

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theblackmeat March 8 2010, 23:01:10 UTC
If you had to recommend two Hauer movies for me to stick on top of my Netflix queue, which would they be and why?

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suspiriorum March 15 2010, 19:31:19 UTC
That's a hard choice to make, but I'm going to go with Nighthawks and The Hitcher.

They're both complementary to each other and could, if you wanted, make a fine doublefeature.

Both films rely on his physicality and his expressions more than dialogue, which is something that sells me on a performance; not how one delivers lines, but how they embody the character.

In both films, he is an antagonist who forms nearly symbiotic relationships with the protagonist. In Nighthawks, he's a terrorist who Stallone is aboslutely crazed about catching; in The Hitcher, he purposely seeks out C. Thomas Howell's character and is unrelenting in tormenting everyone else around them, as he wants Howell to kill him ( ... )

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theblackmeat March 16 2010, 00:46:21 UTC
The Hitcher has been Netflix'd. I liked the ambiance of the clip.

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suspiriorum March 16 2010, 07:38:00 UTC
The Hitcher is director Eric Red's most notable work. He has a particular eye for lighting and sound and is adept at establishing mood and atmosphere. Kathryn Bigelow collaborated with him often, as working with him helped get her started in directing; they both have a similar style and approach to filmmaking that I adore.

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