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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold, Dan Hedaya
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tightrope |
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Clint Eastwood stars as Wes Block, a New Orleans detective who's divorced and taking care of his two daughters. Someone has started killing beautiful women who lead sexually extravagant lifestyles. Block gets assigned to the case and starts to go to the seedy sex clubs around the city. After questioning the women Block would have sex with them. At the same time Block forms a relationship with a rape counselour Beryl Thibodeaux (Genevieve Bujold) who came to him looking for information. The serial rapist/murderer remains elusive and starts to play games with Block by sending him a doll with a message typed on a business card. Block figures out the coded message but it's too late to save the woman as she turned out to be the next victim. While struggling to keep his daughters safe and getting involved with Beryl, the killer makes things personal by killing Block's housemaid and attacking before getting away. While on the police were searching for the killer he became more brazen and attacked Beryl. Block gets there just in time to save her and chase after the killer who meets a grisly demise.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tightrope |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Kind of story:
- really kinky sex!!!
Criminal enemy is...
- rapist
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New Orleans
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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