To Live and Die in L.A.

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Dafoe is an LA supercrook, forging dollar bills for a city whose sole form of social intercourse resides in the getting, counting, and spending of large sums of money. This is a city (photographed by Robby Müller with the same luminosity he brought to Paris, Texas) where everyone is on the take, and that includes the two FBI agents (Petersen and Pankow) who are out to break Dafoe by any means. It all goes horribly wrong when they decide to pull their own heist in order to secure the necessary funds to stay in hot pursuit. Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection; and this time the car chase takes place on a six-lane freeway at the height of the rush hour, going against the traffic. Today, the play-dirty antics of Popeye Doyle probably look rather dated; God knows what state we will have to get into before all this looks tame. CPea.

Author: CPea

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Release details

UK release:

1985

Duration:

116 mins

Cast and crew

Producer:

Irving H Levin

Director:

William Friedkin

Cast:

Debra Feuer, John Pankow, Robert Downey, John Turturro, Willem Dafoe, Steve James, Dean Stockwell, William L Petersen, Darlanne Fluegel

Production Designer:

Lilly Kilvert

Cinematography:

Robby Müller

Music:

Wang Chung

Screenwriter:

William Friedkin, Gerald Petievich

Editor:

Bud Smith

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  • after his late 70s trials n tribs this certainly qualifies as a return to form from Friedkin. Petersen and Defoe attack their roles with relish and hint at bigger things to come. But Wang Chung(!?) as soundtrack? Suppose 'Dance Hall Days' was OK ...

    Malcolm Davey Sun Apr 22 2012
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  • excellent, underrated film, great performances, great car chase, Dafoe is esp good as tormented soul Masters.

    Ibby Mon Jun 15 2009
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