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That’s just what his son did. Later, after Harvard’s celebration had moved to the locker room and Dartmouth’s players started to file onto their bus, Lentz lingered outside Dillon Field House, the duffel bag slung over his shoulder the only baggage weighing on him. Only when pressed did he confess to some satisfaction over getting the better of Dartmouth...
...slew of grizzled expatriates with shady pasts. Later, an International Herald Tribune story about felons hiding out in Cambodia due to its lack of extradition treaties further sparked his imagination. Working with writer Barry Gifford (Wild at Heart), he penned a noirish yarn about a Manhattan yuppie (played by Dillon) embroiled in a major insurance scam who travels to Phnom Penh and reunites with his mentor, portrayed by James Caan (The Godfather). The plot follows Dillon's character through sweat-soaked brothel scenes, all-night temple raves and a seedy guesthouse where French superstar G?rard Depardieu shines as the gruff...
...Given Cambodia's reputation for being politically dysfunctional, Dillon had surprisingly little difficulty securing permits and permissions from the local Culture Ministry. The country's cultural czars were irked a couple of years ago when Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which was partly shot in Angkor Wat, mistakenly showed people wearing Vietnamese hats, not Cambodian ones?an unwelcome reminder of Cambodia's historic enemies. But besides trimming a few ultra-violent scenes, Dillon was required to do little more than translate the script for curious officials. "I was afraid of censorship, but they seemed more concerned that the movie was truthful...
...Keeping it real was key to Dillon's vision. Influenced by sources as varied as Samuel Fuller's low-budget House of Bamboo and Joseph Conrad's nightmarish novel Heart of Darkness, City of Ghosts is the first Western movie to capture the atmosphere of post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia: the land-mine casualties, the lawless streets and the gentle Buddhist spirit that provides whatever strength remains in the country. "I didn't want to make a film that was like a postcard," says Dillon. "That's why I didn't shoot at Angkor?you can see that on the Travel...
...Matt Dillon's Cambodian Ghosts