I read director William Friedkin died today and I guess that's why I heard Wang Chung's "To Live and Die in LA" on Sirius today. Friedkin directed the movie that theme song came from and hearing the song today made me think about the movie. I saw To Live and Die in LA when I was a teenager. My father, during one of his divorced dad weekends took me, my sister, and one of my cousins to the movies. We were supposed to see Rocky 4, but it was sold out so we ended up seeing To Live and Die in LA. To this day, this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. So sleazy and so good. The homoerotic dynamic between William Petersen and Willem Dafoe's characters was so interesting. I wasn't sure if they were going to fight each other or end up in bed together, but I was down for it all. This is the kind of movie that would never get made today. Counterfeiters, strippers, experimental dance troups, dirty cops. What worked in the 1980s wouldn't work today. At least I've got the DVD!
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