Film director Peter Yates died this week at age 81. He is best known, perhaps, for Bullitt, but also has The Dresser, Breaking Away and The Friends of Eddie Coyle to his credit, along with some good popcorn flicks like The Deep and Mother, Jugs, and Speed.
Curtis Tsui on the Criterion Collection site puts it well: "His kind of visual storytelling has gradually disappeared as 'unique voices' and 'visionaries' flaunting overblown pyrotechnics and equally overblown running times get touted by Tinseltown every other week. Yates wasn't just the 'Bullitt car chase guy.' He was a true craftsman, someone who believed in efficient storytelling and a rigorous attention to detail."
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