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Actors: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Brad Dourif, John C. Reilly
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| Analysis of Nightwatch (1998) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Murders of set profession?
- prostitutes/strippers/porn
Misc. Plotlets
- victim dies just after sex
Special suspect?
- best friend
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Lot of special effects?
Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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