tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post8189011355915984145..comments2024-03-15T19:42:05.018-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-58166873720139957232023-02-23T13:14:45.198-08:002023-02-23T13:14:45.198-08:00... and for me it's OUTTA SIGHT. Carpenters be...... and for me it's OUTTA SIGHT. Carpenters best work, together with THE FOG. Wouldn't know a single scene I'd change. This is a minimalist masterpiece in suspense, pulsating music and cool, cooler, coolest dialogue. The casting alone, a bunch of unknowns who deliver every line on spot, is miracolous. If every movie you grade GROOVY would be as good as ASSAULT, I' be in heaven ... just saying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067181603822225357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-27239133245321603362023-02-23T13:08:22.959-08:002023-02-23T13:08:22.959-08:00This is RIGHT ON, at least ...This is RIGHT ON, at least ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067181603822225357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-72691661605289773172023-01-17T23:22:31.991-08:002023-01-17T23:22:31.991-08:00I love John Carpenter, but I couldn't make it ...I love John Carpenter, but I couldn't make it past the ice cream cone scene. Legitimately shocking and off-putting. Shreveporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677775571215936006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-59608348312287613402013-08-22T17:09:13.507-07:002013-08-22T17:09:13.507-07:00"assault on precinct 13" is one of my fa..."assault on precinct 13" is one of my favorite pictures. the review refers to it as "a nasty piece of work. but as far as i am concerned, carpenter infuses the film with a kind of understated elegance. "assault on precinct 13" is an exquisite, elegant work.jonbecker03https://www.blogger.com/profile/16829583294071702752noreply@blogger.com