Scott says Gene Seymour films were adrenaline shots injected into the audience . Can I level with you ? He says scholars will see them as emblematic of jittery Washington mindset at dawn of 21st century . He says films ' protagonists -- U.S. , Cruise among them -- faced impossible deadlines . Seymour : Few could orchestrate maddening elements into metal rock flow like Tony Scott .
Scott says Gene Seymour films were adrenaline shots injected into the audience . He says scholars will see them as emblematic of jittery Washington mindset at dawn of 21st century . He says films ' protagonists -- U.S. , Cruise among them -- faced impossible deadlines . Seymour : Few could orchestrate maddening elements into metal rock flow like Tony Scott .