MONTE HELLMAN By Chuck Stephens Monte Hellman has been the stuff of cinematic legend since 1966 when, under the aegis of scholckmeister - general Roger Corman, he and Jack Nicholson collaborated on a pair of utterly unprecedented absurdist westerns, The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, completing both in a matter of days and forever changing the genre, not to mention the artistic parameters of no - budget, on - location filmmaking. (filmcomment.com)
The Sundance Lab was utterly inspiring, and Dean came away with notebooks full of advice and encouragement from cinematic legends — such as Stewart Stern, who wrote Rebel without a Cause, Frank Pierson, writer of Dog Day Afternoon, and Millard Kaufman, writer of Bad Day at Black Rock — but no script. (royalacademy.org.uk)
I agree that the film is quite moving, giving us two cinematic legends at their late career best, Emmanuelle Riva and Jean - Louis Trintignant (who came out of retirement to do the film), and a moving supporting performance from Haneke favorite, Isabelle Huppert. (ioncinema.com)