tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post457060850392070280..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Overlooked films--one impressive and could've been even better, one joyously bad: PRIME CUT and THE EXPLOSIVE GENERATIONTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-77381257286888055912008-05-07T09:35:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:35:00.000-04:00Ah, but you speak of him after the '70s...he was c...Ah, but you speak of him after the '70s...he was clearly his own man in the first decade of his career in films. I'm not sure what happened, but yes, he certainly seemed to have a tougher go of it later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-9471291670495561092008-05-07T09:13:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:13:00.000-04:00To me, Michael Ritchie should have had a better ca...To me, Michael Ritchie should have had a better career than he did, kind of like Peter Hyams. He was more of director for hire rather than tackling anything that he developed from scratch, and I think that really showed up in his work.Steve Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747911304010686713noreply@blogger.com