Product: French Connection [VHS] (1971)
Rating: 3.0
Good movie
I was only 14 when this movie came out. I did see it either as a teenager or in my twenties. To be honest, it's as difficult to keep track of now as then.I think we all know what it's about and if not look elsewhere online. What I noticed was this wasn't a film aimed at my generation (Baby Boomer). It was for middle age people at that time tired of what they perceived as permissiveness. These guys were cracking down on drugs coming into our country. This movie came out when Nixon's modern-day "War on Drugs" began in 1971. Personally, I think it was a waste of time and money. Even in this film (fiction), nobody served in real time. Four years was the maxim given to one out of several people they were after.One odd thing I noticed was Popeye Doyle's hat. He wore a pork pie. My dad wore a fedora until sometime in the '80s (he was born 1910). Men started to stop wearing hats when Kennedy came into office because he didn't were one. This film was made at a time men's hats were almost out of vogue. I noticed that men wearing them were at least 40, most closer to 50.