Old school: the great action director talks about his latest, and the way in which the “elegant simplicity” of the western provides “primal fodder for a filmmaker”
Walter Hill making a new Western excited me. A cast that includes Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan and Benjamin Bratt was icing on the cake. That s a lot of talent for "Dead for a Dollar," a modestly budgeted embrace of a once thriving movie genre. As with the 80-year-old Hill s past hits and misfires alike, "Dead for a Dollar" is effortlessly watchable. Its straightforwardness and casual pace might be a hurdle for some. But there s something about its easy-going style and intoxicating milieu.