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Play Misty for Me – 1971 Eastwood
- A confident and entertaining debut for Eastwood
- I think it’s important that Eastwood stays with what he knows- the film is a meditation on celebrity, features the California coastline, heavy on the jazz… he keeps to what he knows
- Strong performance from Jessica Walter
- Clearly an influence on fatal attraction
- Simple and modest thriller- don’t love the abrupt ending
- Not a perfect film- there’s a scene that feels like surrealism (out of place) and I’m still not sure (and I’ve seen the film 3-4 times) whether she actually tries to stab him
- The helicopter shot opening, in a debut, reminds me of Nicholas Ray’s they live by night
- Not in the top 10 of 1971
- Recommend
Drake2020-07-03T10:31:39+00:00
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