Interview : Hillcoat and Cave on their Lawless collaboration Influences By Brian De Palma

Hillcoat’s film is influenced by some of the classics of the American gangster genre – Brian De Palma’s Scarface, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In America. Born in Australia, Hillcoat spent some time in North America when he was a teenager where he watched gangster movies whenever he could.

“What I’m fond of with those films in particular is that they had really strong filmmaking and characters and performances, which seems to be excluded from certain genres now,” says Hillcoat.

“Gangster films nowadays are more about pure action, not characters. So it was a special treat to have such rich characters and a story that deals with the consequences of violence and treating violence – there is a lot of rich material in that.”

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