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Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Black Rainbow |
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BLACK RAINBOW is a British production written and directed by Mike Hodges in 1989.
Martha Travis and her father Walter present each night an act in the churches of small Eastern towns. Martha says that she can speak with dead people and the audience is invited to converse with their departed next of kin through her. One night, Martha tells a woman that her dead husband Tom wants to speak to her from the next world. The only problem is that her husband isn't actually dead at all.
When, on the next morning, the poor man is murdered in his home, journalist Gary Wallace takes an interest in the case. Ted Silas, a wealthy industrial, is also interested in Martha as he's the one who hired a hitman to murder Tom because he was about to alert the federal administration about the poor security protocols of Ted Silas's factories. When Martha reveals that she actually knows the face of the killer, Silas asks his hitman to eliminate her.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Black Rainbow |
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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:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- big business/rich guy
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
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