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Point Blank • 1967 • Lee Marvin • John Boorman Director
Posted on 10/21/26 at 9:56 am
Posted on 10/21/26 at 9:56 am
I was watching a documentary on John Boorman and they quickly hit on Point Blank (a film I'd never seen, I'm not a fan of film noir revenge movies). But when they mentioned that Boorman wasn't allowed to shoot the movie in black and white, so he instead designed his scenes in monochromatic tones, I had to see it. Supposedly the people working on the film warned the studio that Boorman was making an unwatchable film, but Lee Marvin had final approval on everything from the script to final cut and he gave all of his approval to Boorman. So we end up with this artsy fartsy film noir by a young director whose only previous film was Catch Us If You Can with the Dave Clark Five.
Some people claim that the entire film is a dying man's dream, as Lee Marvin's character is shot at the start of the film before he sets out for revenge. The color palettes definitely give the movie a dream quality.
Entertaining as hell to watch the movie go from a silver scene to a yellow scene to red to green...
There's one scene in a green office where every man is either in a green suit or has a green tinted dress shirt. It's awesome.
It's on YouTube TV right now, in the current TCM offerings.
Some people claim that the entire film is a dying man's dream, as Lee Marvin's character is shot at the start of the film before he sets out for revenge. The color palettes definitely give the movie a dream quality.
Entertaining as hell to watch the movie go from a silver scene to a yellow scene to red to green...
There's one scene in a green office where every man is either in a green suit or has a green tinted dress shirt. It's awesome.
It's on YouTube TV right now, in the current TCM offerings.
Posted on 10/21/26 at 10:25 am to Fewer Kilometers
Has Lee Marvin ever not looked old?
Posted on 10/21/26 at 10:40 am to BugAC
quote:
Has Lee Marvin ever not looked old?
Fair dinkum, he was barely 30 for The Caine Mutiny (as Meatball):
Posted on 10/21/26 at 11:02 am to Fewer Kilometers
I think that the Mel Gibson movie Payback was somewhat of a remake of the movie Point Blank. At least they were made from the same novel The Hunter.
This post was edited on 10/21/26 at 11:04 am
Posted on 10/21/26 at 2:56 pm to crash1211
Payback is soooooooo good
Posted on 10/21/26 at 3:41 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:Older guys on TD may recognize the sailor on the right as Claude Akins
Fair dinkum, he was barely 30 for The Caine Mutiny (as Meatball):
Better known as Sheriff Lobo from BJ and the Bear and its spin-off, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, Sonny Pruitt from the trucking show Movin' On, and General Aldo from Battle of the Planet of the Apes.
This post was edited on 10/21/26 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 10/21/26 at 10:12 pm to BRich
quote:I believe at least some episodes of this were shot in the South
Sonny Pruitt from the trucking show Movin' On
I once saw a clip of an ep that IIRC was set on the gulf coast. A character being named "Bienville" was an important plot point
Posted on 10/21/26 at 10:36 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I don't care for PB. Great looking, but it's overdirected and the script isn't that great.
I prefer this film, which is kind of a semi-remake and also based on a novel by Donald Westlake.
It has a great supporting cast of film noir vets:
Robert Ryan
Timothy Carey
Richard Jaeckel
Marie Windsor
Jane Greer
Elisha Cook
Roy Roberts
Westlake called it "one movie made from a Stark book that got the feeling right. That movie is done flat, just like the books." Westlake felt Flynn "put together an incredible cast... He wrote it 'period,' but then de-emphasized that. He had everybody moving fast. It was efficient but it was also thoughtful."
I prefer this film, which is kind of a semi-remake and also based on a novel by Donald Westlake.
It has a great supporting cast of film noir vets:
Robert Ryan
Timothy Carey
Richard Jaeckel
Marie Windsor
Jane Greer
Elisha Cook
Roy Roberts
Westlake called it "one movie made from a Stark book that got the feeling right. That movie is done flat, just like the books." Westlake felt Flynn "put together an incredible cast... He wrote it 'period,' but then de-emphasized that. He had everybody moving fast. It was efficient but it was also thoughtful."
Posted on 10/22/26 at 6:42 am to Kafka
I watched Point Blank a year or so ago and I really liked it. I bought The Outfit when it came out on 4K earlier this year but haven't watched it yet, might check it out tonight.
I find Westlake adaptations to be a mixed bag. The Hot Rock with Redford is really good and captures that book well. No Other Choice, the Korean movie from last year, was great but I've never read that book.
I find Westlake adaptations to be a mixed bag. The Hot Rock with Redford is really good and captures that book well. No Other Choice, the Korean movie from last year, was great but I've never read that book.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:41 am to BRich
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Claude Akins
A real, classic working actor. Started in the early 50s, did a ton of small/middling roles in tons of western, crime, adventure films throughout the 50s and 60s. Had somewhat higher profile roles in things like Rio Bravo, Porgy and Bess and Don't Give Up the Ship (all in 1959) and The Devil's Brigade, Comanche and Inherit the Wind (all in 1960) during that same period.
He was up for Dragline in Cool Hand Luke, but lost out to George Kennedy. He was willing to do TV as a film actor (again, I would categorize him as a working actor of that classic era, willing to do whatever to work) and did a ton of television throughout the 50s and 60s.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 2:30 pm to Fewer Kilometers
absolutely one of my favorites watched a double feature earlier this year point blank and then pay back the remake with mel gibson the problem with pay back they put in lucy lui, she was hot back then, they put her in for comic effect and damned near ruined the movie.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 12:56 am to Kafka
I've only read one Parker novel (The Man With the Getaway Face), but when I came across The Outfit on TV recently I was curious to look it up and see if it was based on Parker.
Oh, and, Claude Akins was best known to me for AAMCO commercials.
Oh, and, Claude Akins was best known to me for AAMCO commercials.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 5:30 am to PowerTool
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was best known to me for AAMCO commercials.
Double A honk honk MCO
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