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Actors: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Twisted |
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TWISTED is a film directed by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) in 2003.
Jessica Shepard is a San Francisco Police Officer who's just been promoted to the homicide department. For her first assignment, she has to investigate the murder of a man she's had sex with a few weeks before. On the next days, two other corpses are discovered. Both men were also former lovers of Jessica. She sees Dr. Melvin Frank and tells him that she can't remember where she was at the time of the murders. Little by little, Jessica convinces herself that she may be the perpetrator of the crimes she investigates.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Twisted |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Special suspect?
- investigator him/herself
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- amnesia
BIG focus on forensic evidence analysis?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/butch/lez (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Misc setting
- prison
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
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