“Le Canardeur”, Cimino’s baptism of fire
This is the first film by Michael Cimino, a young screenwriter who had a great future at the time. In 1974, Clint Eastwood received the script for “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (literally “Coup de tonnerre et Pied-léger”, the French title “le Canardeur” is downright stupid). The actor is then at the top of his career, he …