Director
Shane Black
Leading Actors/Actresses
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, and Margaret Qualley
Genre
Neo-Noir Black Comedy
Language
English
Awards
N/A
Date of Release
May 20th, 2016
Producer
Joel Silver
Setting and Context
Los Angeles, California. 1978.
Narrator and Point of View
Told from a third-person point of view
Tone and Mood
Quizzical, Funny, Chaotic, Tense, Violent, Solemn, and Mysterious
Protagonist and Antagonist
Healy and March (Protagonist) vs. Judith Kuttner (Antagonist)
Major Conflict
Healy and March's struggle to find Amelia while battling Kuttner and the Older Guy
Climax
When Healy and March start a shootout Older Guy and his henchmen at the Los Angeles Auto Show
Foreshadowing
The boy at the start of the film meeting Misty Mountains is foreshadowed by the magazine he is seen reading.
Understatement
Healy's intelligence is often understated throughout the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
Abbott and Costello, Wonder Woman, Pinocchio, The Waltons, The Rockford Files, Jaws 2, Ghostbusters, Black's other works, popular culture, and history.
Paradox
March's daughter is a tweenager, yet acts like an adult.
Parallelism
N/A
