ECSTATIC Screen Notes

ECSTATIC Screen Notes

Point Blank

John Boorman, 1967

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Jason Hedrick
May 17, 2024
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The sound of Lee Marvin’s footsteps in John Boorman’s 1967 film Point Blank is one of the most haunting, impending sound cues in movie history. Those footsteps are coming for you, and there’s no stopping them. While this may sound like a warning more apt for a horror film trailer, Point Blank is a crime/revenge film, and a fairly rote one as crime/reven…

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