Yaphet Kotto, l’as de flic – Libération

Blue Collar 1978
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Film très drôle et brutal qui donne une image du syndicalisme étatsunien qui m’a convaincu de faire la paix avec tous nos syndicats social-démocrates pourtant assez chiants.

Blue Collar is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader, in his directorial debut. Written by Schrader and his brother Leonard, the film stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto. The film is both a critique of union practices and an examination of life in a working-class Rust Belt enclave. Although it has minimal comic elements provided by Pryor, it is mostly dramatic.

Schrader, who was a screenwriter renowned for his work on Taxi Driver (1976), recalls the shooting as being very difficult because of the artistic and personal tensions he had with the actors (including the stars themselves). Schrader has also stated that while making the film, he suffered an on-set mental breakdown, which made him seriously reconsider his career.

The film was shot in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Checker Taxi - Wikipedia
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The Checker, particularly the 1959–82 Checker A series sedans remain the most famous taxicab vehicles in the United States.[citation needed] The vehicle is comparable to the London Taxi in its internationally renowned styling, which went largely unchanged from 1959 to keep production costs down.

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