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... The films under analysis are Key Largo, directed by John Huston in 1948 and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and Point Blank a 1967 film by John Boorman starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson. ...
The first film I will examine is the 1967 John Boorman classic, Point Blank and before I go into detail, I will provide a brief outline of the sometimes-bewildering plot. ...
Stylistically, Point Blank is definitely a 60’s movie, the psychedelic use of colours in certain scenes, the eerie use of overdubbed voices to highlight the intensity of certain situations, the strange camera angles, the glum foreboding orchestral score, the fractured cutting of the film, the replaying of certain scenes over and over, slow motion flashbacks, a surreal fight in a night club all instantly link the film to that era. ... This unspoken of baggage renders our anti-hero with very little to say and what is said is delivered in a monotonous, straight to the point style and deals with nothing but facts, where’s, why’s, and who’s relating directly to his on going task. ...
Key Largo is an altogether different viewing experience to that of Point Blank, but still includes many points that link it to the crime-thriller genre. ...
Key Largo is stylistically very much built around the narrative with no flashy camera work or excessive violence on display. ...
Point Blank and Key Largo are 2 very different films and had I seen Key Largo previously perhaps would not have chosen as a companion to the totally different Point Blank, having said that there were some key factors linking the films to the crime-thriller genre, the lead male characters carried around with them psychological and emotional damage which laid the courses for their respective actions, both films contained the use of guns, in the case of Point Blank the gun is used as an extra character, in Key Largo’s case the gun is used less excessively and mostly only in a threatening manner. ... Interestingly the keys to the successful outcome of both films are female characters, in Point Blank, Chris uses Reece’s desire for her to gain access to his lair and in Key Largo, Gaye Dawn slips a gun into the pocket of Frank McCloud, as Rocco and his cronies are leaving to board the boat.
References: Key Largo (1948,U. ... A, John Huston)
Point Blank ( 1967, U.
Approximate Word count = 2568
Approximate Pages = 10.3
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