tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post1274542738537022896..comments2024-03-28T06:41:02.100-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: “Get Carter”: A Re-examinationJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-81511028203516804082015-12-18T14:23:30.375-08:002015-12-18T14:23:30.375-08:00Thanks, Mike, for pointing out the "it's&...Thanks, Mike, for pointing out the "it's" typo. That has now been fixed.J. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-38429231189183931202015-12-18T13:55:17.492-08:002015-12-18T13:55:17.492-08:00Fantastic piece!
One note: >>naturalistic ...Fantastic piece!<br /><br />One note: >>naturalistic despite it’s density. As such<< *its Mike Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690940782275888014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-41589844200661897202010-11-13T03:32:48.546-08:002010-11-13T03:32:48.546-08:00Terrific article. Makes me want to go off and watc...Terrific article. Makes me want to go off and watch it again....for the more than umpteenth time.Howard Linskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924393004568306692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-36141266933408692322009-06-26T17:19:56.978-07:002009-06-26T17:19:56.978-07:00One of the best British Noir films, one of the bes...One of the best British Noir films, one of the best Noir films, period, and one of Michael Caine's best.<br /><br />RJRmidRJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-12898207655292673002009-06-26T10:31:27.793-07:002009-06-26T10:31:27.793-07:00Great analysis and break down, Gordon. It's be...Great analysis and break down, Gordon. It's been years since I've seen it (Michael Caine--along with Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood--were huge favorites around my parents house as a kid, so Get Carter was played two or three times a year.) although I recently re-read Lewis's novel and the impact of Lewis' prose style is huge and I find it surprising that the majority of his novels are no longer in printAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827652636843928373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-67467002427596998352009-06-26T07:25:14.062-07:002009-06-26T07:25:14.062-07:00I saw this when it came out, and loved it. It was...I saw this when it came out, and loved it. It was regarded by some reviewers -- and by me -- as the British response to POINT BLANK.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-36631294901986020352009-06-26T04:30:53.139-07:002009-06-26T04:30:53.139-07:00Maxim, that is EXCELLENT news.. so pleased to hear...Maxim, that is EXCELLENT news.. so pleased to hear that it all came together!Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-49700359318509052012009-06-25T23:00:22.510-07:002009-06-25T23:00:22.510-07:00You might all be interested to learn that Mike Hod...You might all be interested to learn that Mike Hodges, who is a good friend, has recently written his first novel. "Watching the Wheels Come Off" is a noir comedy about a day in the life of failed conman when everything goes from bad to worse. It has just appeared in France from Rivages and the English language edition will appear in March of next year in the UK from my new list, Maximum Crime, from John Blake Publishing...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893946850544076000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-73185189810388725772009-06-25T17:33:20.448-07:002009-06-25T17:33:20.448-07:00Solid film. Solid piece... yup.Solid film. Solid piece... yup.jedidiah ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601451789918885612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-85232147850119597562009-06-25T16:57:58.688-07:002009-06-25T16:57:58.688-07:00Great article. Makes me wish i still had a copy of...Great article. Makes me wish i still had a copy of the film so i could drop it in right now.<br /><br />I remember the first time i saw this was on some late night screening on terrestrial television as a teenager. Caught it just as it was starting and decided to give it a go.<br /><br />The bit that really warped me? Realizing that there was still a woman in the boot of the car. For all i know, she's still there.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-3963490066394412432009-06-25T15:02:48.085-07:002009-06-25T15:02:48.085-07:00Guys, many thanks for the responses (really nice t...Guys, many thanks for the responses (really nice to feel as though I’m not pontificating into the wind.) <br /><br />Paul: -- Obviously, the film was always regarded as a ‘lost’ classic in Britain, but The Rap Sheet’s audience is broader than what someone from the North-west of blighty can be expected to know.<br /><br />Ali: --Not only did I KNOW someone was going to make that joke, I thought it might be you! Now, which crime writer of our acquaintance owns a copy or the Stallone version and not the Caine, hmm?<br /><br />Ed: -- (Cullen Gallagher was just talking about you the other day, oddly enough.) many thanks for stopping by. I’m actually a big fan of Hodges and it’s been fascinating to see him taking some of the directorial ideas he developed in Carter and apply them to more recent fare such as ‘Croupier’ and ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead.’<br /><br />Gordon.Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-24306878571421618242009-06-25T12:47:07.407-07:002009-06-25T12:47:07.407-07:00Just got this link from Nick Quantrill
http://www....Just got this link from Nick Quantrill<br />http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=92425888738&ref=ts<br /><br />oh, and I really like 'Pulp'Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-7047088028708801632009-06-25T12:27:05.313-07:002009-06-25T12:27:05.313-07:00Did you like the Stallone remake......
AliDid you like the Stallone remake......<br /><br />AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-24621223131766269192009-06-25T11:56:30.720-07:002009-06-25T11:56:30.720-07:00Thanks for running this excellent piece on one of ...Thanks for running this excellent piece on one of the finest hard boiled movies I've ever seen. I have it on both VHS and DVD and watch it two or three times a year. For all that I like noir I'm not a big fan of the shoot `em up approach we've become accustomed to- even Walter Hill got into that trap. Johnny Handsome was wasted on bullshit gun bravado. Could have been an interesting film. But Mike Hodges managed to give his bloody story depth by carefully getting the sociology down correctly. These are people not action stereotypes and it's poverty as much as greed that have turned some of them into savages. Hodges has had a troubled career but I like many of his films. The most confounding of his movies is A Prayer For The Dying. He had a perfect tight brutal straightforward story to tell based on a very good Jack Higgins novel but for some reason in the third act he overreached and turned it into opera--comic opera. The last ten minutes are among the loopiest moments in film I've ever seen. But get Carter is his masterpiece.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-80782786653461042992009-06-25T08:50:08.609-07:002009-06-25T08:50:08.609-07:00Fantastic piece Gordon. Carter is indeed a fish ou...Fantastic piece Gordon. Carter is indeed a fish out of water 'dahn-sath' and in his home town....My only quibble would be that 'Get Carter' was far from lost in the north east of England. I remember my brother telling me about it when I was a kid and the oft quoted lines where as commonly used as 'Make my day!' when I was growing up. I first saw it on BBC2 sometime at the end of the 70's and it was a film that EVERONE talked about at work the next day.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-30277634992649925992009-06-25T08:18:48.536-07:002009-06-25T08:18:48.536-07:00Excellent piece on an excellent film. Bothe Ted Le...Excellent piece on an excellent film. Bothe Ted Lewis's novel and the screen adaptation were hugely influential on me. Everyone should see Get Carter.Stuart Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883631620345577504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-26115707381193573312009-06-25T08:16:06.702-07:002009-06-25T08:16:06.702-07:00Great film that I am going to have to revisit. It ...Great film that I am going to have to revisit. It has been years since I watched it.<br /><br />Nice article, thanks for bringing GC back into my mind.MysterLynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885108255773793665noreply@blogger.com