http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/10/07/when-good-directors-go-bad-cruising-1980-william-friedkin.aspxUsually, when I watch a potential When Good Directors Go Bad title, I’m pretty sure of how I feel about it. Generally, it’ll be a movie I already know that I dislike, or one that I’ve heard enough negative things about that I’m almost positive I’ll joinenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/10/07/when-good-directors-go-bad-cruising-1980-william-friedkin.aspx#134497Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:36:44 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:134497privateivan<p>&quot;a character lubes up his entire forearm&quot;</p> <p>That guy was Bruno Kirby! (although it's not mentioned on either his or the film's IMDB pages)</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=134497" width="1" height="1">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/10/07/when-good-directors-go-bad-cruising-1980-william-friedkin.aspx#134416Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:36:34 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:134416borstalboy<p>Your comments, Mr. Clark, perfectly sum up how I feel about this movie. &nbsp;It's crap, but its crap I have somehow managed to watch about three times. &nbsp;It's also, for all its confusion and visual ugliness, undeniably a Friedkin film. &nbsp;He's certainly &quot;gone bad&quot; on much bigger scale than this one (DEAL OF THE CENTURY, THE GUARDIAN).</p> <p>I was so disappointed by the DVD re-release, though! &nbsp;The extras feel weak and Friedkin's commentary offers so few revelations one rather wonders why he even bothered. </p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=134416" width="1" height="1">