Movies
November, 1981
It's always a turn-on to see a movie popping at the seams with hot young talent, and Body Heat (Ladd/WB) offers no fewer than three Best Bets for a big future in cinema. First, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, in his initial solo effort--having honed his skills on the screenplays for The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark--reaches back to the Forties to resurrect Hollywood's honored tradition of hard-boiled melodrama (e.g., Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice) in whi...
