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Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Harry Belafonte
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Kansas City |
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Kansas City is like most of Robert Altman other films; the nuances of the relationships between multiple characters than a simple straight plotline. Jennifer Jason Lee stars as Blondie O'Hara, the wife of a petty thief Johnny O'Hara (Dermot Mulroney) who wants to get her husband back. With the the help of a black cab driver Blue Green (Martin Martin), Johnny sets up a wealthy black man headed to Seldom Seen's (Harry Belafonte) jazz club. Johhny painted his face to look like a black man and jumped into the cab while it stopped and took the mans money. Seldom gets an earful from the crime victim and smacks Blue around until he finds out it was Johnny. Meanwhile, Blondie has hatched a plan to kidnap Carolyn Stilton (Miranda Richardson), the wife of a prominent politician. Blondie drags Carolyn all around town as she tries to get in touch with Carolyn's husband who was on a train, in hopes of brokering a deal with Seldom to free Johnny. Blondie's plan almost works but both Johnny and Blondie meet an untimely demise.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Kansas City |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- bad criminals on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, curly (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 2
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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