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Film equivalent of unreliable narrator

DAVID MOON <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 6 Sep 1995 13:37:33 -0400
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     Lang Thompson's was looking for examples of unreliable narrators in
     films:
 
     "Angel Heart" has the Mickey Rourke character blind to his own actions
 
     "Darling" has Julie Christie narrating to a magazine journalist a
     toned-down version of what really happened.
 
     and, although the name escapes me, the recent (last three years) film
     with Liam Neeson playing a "set-up" man fighting for his life, after
     his wife and an artist are found murdered in a Brighton hotel bedroom
     is also a fine example of narration twisted to win the audience's
     sympathies.
 
     David Moon
 
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