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film in detail, especially the sexuality and violence of the characters. He concludes that while
both PERFORMANCE and WOODSTOCK share an “optimism”, PERFORMANCE is deemed to
provide a more disturbing vision for the future.
INTERVIEW
vol.1 no.2 1969, p.3
Mick Jagger in Performance, by Wheeler Dixon
A short review that claims the film is self-conscious and generally a “pretty poor film”. Despite
the negative review, this is still worth reading as it is reviewed with other films and gives an
impression of how contemporary counter-culture figures may have viewed the film.
Get Carter (1971) Dir. Mike Hodges
Books
Though there do not seem to be any books about GET CARTER (at the time of compilation), it
does get a mention in all the general texts that cover British crime or gangster films.
HODGES, Mike
Get Carter.
ScreenPress Books, 1999. 61p.
A screenplay of the film.
Journal Articles
EMPIRE
no.138. December 2000, pp.124-130
Number one gangster, by Clark Collis
Essentially an interview with the director of GET CARTER, Mike Hodges, and Michael Caine
about the making of the film. Their reminiscences provide useful background information to
the film. Hodges and Caine both emphasise how they wanted to make the film and
characters as realistic as possible and true to the working class roots of the story. There is
also an additional piece about the remake of the film starring Sylvester Stallone.
CREATIVE SCREENWRITING
vol.7 no.5. September/October 2000, p.18
Script comment: Get Carter (2000), by Christian Divine
Divine compares and contrasts the Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone versions of GET
CARTER. Using examples from both screenplays, Divine concludes that Stallone’s Carter is
too much the “noble hood” compared to Caine’s “awful thug”. Divine ends his brief article with
the memorable line “It’s the difference between a razor blade and an electric shaver”.
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