16 + GUIDE - British Film Institute
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CITY LIMITS<br />
10th November 1988, pp.10-12<br />
Confessions from the crossfire, by Leon Bing<br />
This is another article that discusses LA gang life on the eve of COLORS cinema release. This<br />
time an interview with a gang member crystallises the reality of gang membership in contrast<br />
to the celluloid version. At one point he is referred to as 'a soldier', a term intrinsically related<br />
to the Mafia use of the word.<br />
The Q & A style (especially the questions) are rather pedestrian and sometimes mind<br />
bogglingly stupid as in; "do you like Eddie Murphy?” but the answers are direct, honest and<br />
indicative of the disillusionment of gang culture in LA.<br />
TIME OUT<br />
no. 915. 2nd March 1988, pp.20-21<br />
Streets of fire, by Steve Grant<br />
This article looks at the imminent release of Dennis Hopper's COLORS and oscillates between<br />
commentary, and factual statistics of gang crime, events and dialogue from the film.<br />
Press Articles<br />
NEW SOCIALIST<br />
Oct-Nov 1988. pp.58-59<br />
LA law 'n' order, by Duncan Webster<br />
This is a short but very well written article that raises some interesting points about the politics<br />
of gang and drug culture missing from Hopper's film. Webster opens up debates on<br />
‘Reaganomics’ (unemployment and welfare cutbacks) that he claims are the roots of the gang<br />
crimes depicted in the film and the link between the ghetto's drug trade and the use of drugs<br />
in the suburbs.<br />
Webster also discusses the cinematography in COLORS (photographed by Haskell Wexler)<br />
that attempts to blur documentary style with fiction.<br />
THE FACE<br />
July-August 1988, pp. 42-47, 49<br />
This is an in-depth article looking at the furore that surrounded the release of Dennis Hopper's<br />
COLORS. There are interviews with real gang members from The Crips and The Bloods, the<br />
gangs featured in the film who discuss candidly what their life is like on the streets of LA as<br />
well as quotes from Hopper.<br />
THE SCOTSMAN<br />
9 th June 1988, p.13<br />
Hollywood’s young bloods stain the reputation of a city, by Brian Pendreigh<br />
Another article that looks at the reception the film received after its release as well as<br />
accounts and statistics of real-life gang culture in LA.<br />
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