Acting, cinematography, editing, soundtrack, screenplay with witty dialogues, clever twists and some nods to detective stories cliches - all of that is just brilliant and flawless. Makes you think that Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson owe a lot to "Harper" in terms of filmmaking.
I gave it 9/10 only because I never give a maximum note after first viewing but I'm pretty sure it's gonna get it next time I watch it.
Do you have any tobacco?
that's a high rating
shareMan I wish I had more time to re watch movies like this AND watch ones I haven’t already seen.
shareALL OF NEWMAN'S "H" PICTURES ARE FANTASTIC...THE HUSTLER,HUD,HOMBRE,HARPER,...COOL HAND LUKE BELONGS WITH THE GROUP AS WELL.
shareIf only he'd been called "Cool Hand Huke."
shareMakes you think that Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson owe a lot to "Harper" in terms of filmmaking.
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With PTA, Inherent Vice owes a lot to Harper, come to think of it:
A hipster private eye, working in Los Angeles...in 1970 -- only four years after the 1966 era of Harper, though the movie was made in 2014. A kidnapped rich man. A wary friendship with an attorney(Arthur Hill in Harper; Benecio del Toro in Vice). A conflicted relationship with the cops. Scenes near the ocean.
Etc.