I watched Night Moves recently when it came on HBO Max. The most disorienting thing about the movie to me was the way it shifted back and forth between LA and the Florida Keys, as if the two places occupied the same contiguous geography within this alternate reality.
It really is a strange correlation the movie draws between the two places. It's like the most "LA" movie that is (really, for the most part) set elsewhere. I'm sure that disorientation was purely intentional
Roger Ebert pointed out in his review that the stuntman somehow managed to steer the plane and fire a machine gun with one arm and half his body in a cast, an absurd feat of multitasking that went right by me the first time I saw the movie.
Great post. I always think of The Conversation in relation to Night Moves. Harry Caul being a cinematic twin brother to Harry Moseby. Even sharing the same name.. both sucked in. And both films sharing heart wrenching closing images...
100. I'm probably due for a rewatch of The Conversation, which I've seen a million times but not for some years now. Both films utterly devastating though. Hackman at his absolute greatest.
I watched Night Moves recently when it came on HBO Max. The most disorienting thing about the movie to me was the way it shifted back and forth between LA and the Florida Keys, as if the two places occupied the same contiguous geography within this alternate reality.
It really is a strange correlation the movie draws between the two places. It's like the most "LA" movie that is (really, for the most part) set elsewhere. I'm sure that disorientation was purely intentional
Roger Ebert pointed out in his review that the stuntman somehow managed to steer the plane and fire a machine gun with one arm and half his body in a cast, an absurd feat of multitasking that went right by me the first time I saw the movie.
Great post. I always think of The Conversation in relation to Night Moves. Harry Caul being a cinematic twin brother to Harry Moseby. Even sharing the same name.. both sucked in. And both films sharing heart wrenching closing images...
100. I'm probably due for a rewatch of The Conversation, which I've seen a million times but not for some years now. Both films utterly devastating though. Hackman at his absolute greatest.