Christopher Walken: Movie Top Ten
by Jack Hunter
Category: Performing Arts

Christopher Walken: Probably the most famous cult movie actor in the world. Specialising in psychos and misfits, Walken's roles over the years have ranged from the suicidal Vietnam Vet of The Deer Hunter and the tortured psychic in David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone, to the arch-villain in Tim Burton's Batman Returns and the psychotic gangster of Abel Ferrara's blistening King Of New York. Series editor Jack Hunter has selected his own chronological Top Ten of Christopher Walken's movies, which are analysed in illustrated, in-depth essays by various modern film writer. The result is both an incisive overview of Walken as an actor, and a critical anthology of films by some of the most stimulating directors of recent years, including Tim Burton, David Cronenberg, Michael Cimino, Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, and Douglas Trumball.