John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) has long been recognised as one
of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of
genres including neo-noir, New Wave, and spaghetti western. Its
lasting influence can be traced throughout the decades in films
like Mean Streets (1973), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Heat (1995), The
Limey (1999) and Memento (2000). Eric Wilson's compelling study of
the film examines its significance to New Hollywood cinema. He
argues that Boorman revises traditional Hollywood crime films by
probing a second connotation of 'point blank'. On the one hand, it
is a neo-noir that aptly depicts close range violence, but, it also
points toward blankness, a nothingness that is the consequence of
corporate America unchecked, where humans are reduced to
commodities and stripped of agency and playfulness. He goes on to
reimagine the film's experimental style as a representation of and
possible remedy for trauma. Examining Boorman’s formal
innovations, including his favouring of gesture over language and
blurring of boundaries between dream and reality, he also positions
the film as a grimly comical exploration of toxic masculinity and
gender fluidity. Wilson's close reading of Point Blank reveals it
to be a film that innovatively inflects its own generation and
speaks powerfully to our own, arguing that it is this amplitude,
which encompasses the many major films it has influenced, that
qualifies the film as a classic.
General
| Imprint: |
Bfi Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
BFI Film Classics |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Eric G. Wilson
|
| Dimensions: |
190 x 135mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
112 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-83902-576-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-83902-576-X |
| Barcode: |
9781839025761 |
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