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Actors: Wings Hauser, Gary Werntz, Michael J. Pollard, Mitch Hara, Kathleen Kinmont
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Art of Dying |
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In one of the seamier neighborhoods of L.A., psycho filmmaker Roscoe Went (Gary Werntz) is killing aspiring actors and actresses in re-enactments of famous movie death scenes. His motive? He is producing a cinema verite film entitled "The Art of Dying."
Tough cop Jack (Wings Hauser) doesn't know any of that. But when a would-be actress-turned-hooker (T.C. Warner) that he thought he'd rescued turns up dead, he takes it personally and resolves to find the killer.
When Jack's prime suspect, a pimp (Mitch Hara) who happens to be Roscoe's gay lover, gets run over by a few cars, he thinks he's solved the case. But a couple more victims prove him wrong, and he is suspended from the force.
When Roscoe goes after Jack's live-in girlfriend (Kathleen Kinmont), however, nothing can stop him from taking on the madman in a final battle.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Art of Dying |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- known killer
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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