Oh, well......I know this is old thread, but just now I watched one movie of 1985. If you saw this opening title, you will know surely this is movie of 1980s.
To
LIVE
and
DIE
in
LA
Director is William Friedkin. This movie reminded me of his best movie, French Connection. Car chase scenes were GREAT!
Car chase at opposite car lane, that's my favorite scene.
Casting is also wonderful. William Petersen as Federal agent. Yeah, now he has popular character, Grissom in CSI. But this movie was 1985. He was young and slim.
Willem Dafore as a false bank notes maker. His bad guy role has no mercy, weird and captivating. He has always overriding impression.
And other actors, John Turturro, Dean Stockwell, they were good, too.
Another factor of 80s. That all music and songs are
Wang Chang.
Oh......I love 80s!
Actually, some day I will go to video rental store, and I'll rent this video. Because, I saw it on TV, and TV air time was 2 hour. But this movie is 116 min. So, about 30 min were deleted.
BTW, this Japanese title was "LA 大捜査線 狼たちの街" (LA great investigations; Wolves's Town)....Does it make a sense?