Tracy Letts
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I've always had some affection for it.
I think Duvall's very good in the movie.
I think Duvall's kind of the best thing about the movie.
I always think an anti-mystery is better the next time you watch it.
You go in with a kind of expectation that, oh, this is going to be James Elroy.
This is going to be the Black Dahlia.
And then you find out, oh, it's not really even about that.
That's kind of the backdrop against which the drama is playing out.
I watched it again with Carrie.
Yeah, it's a little dull.
But at the time, there was a real feature in like
I think De Niro and Duvall were held up as like, these are our two best working these days.
So let me tell you quickly some tortured history about this movie.
Robert Mulligan, the original director, who directed, of course, To Kill a Mockingbird.
It took him seven days to film a chase scene in the Rapids, and he got fired off the set.
John Frankenheimer was brought in.