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44. Shane Black - Writer/Director Iron Man 3, The Predator, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Writer Lethal Weapon

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Dirty Harry and Magnum Force

I've been steeped in police procedurals, particularly those of a writer named Evan Hunter who went by the name Ed McBane when he wrote cop stories. I read Ross McDonald Raymond Chandler. That's why I cut my teeth off. And so then when you're in your early 20s, I guess you write, leave the weapon. So at the same time, you've got the cinematic sort of over the top version by Dirty Harry and Magnum force, which immediately. I watched Dirty Harry was like a revelation. It introduced me the concept of the centerpiece Bitch within the movie that are memorable by themselves as old,. The scene where he walks down the street, chewing a

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