Instead, the master focused on suspense and surprise.

HITCHCOCK taught us how mystery is not something you should bring to the big screen. look at Lawrence Of Arabia and Citizen Kane. Often the audience is trying to figure out these characters too, e.g. The search for identity has been the stuff of many great movie characters. A guy who has a gun, money, fake passports, one of which has a name with the initials J.B.? I’d say he’s a spy.įrom a metaphorical perspective, we clearly have young man on a Hero Quest. The irony is that the audience works it out quickly. For a long time into the story, Jason keeps wondering. At this point, Jason is only referred to only as THE MAN in the screenplay. Do you know who I am? Do you have any idea who I am?” These are among the first few words ever spoken by Jason Bourne in the successful movie franchise. The strategy worked: the film was received very well, both by audience and critics.

It all gave the movie a powerful ‘cachet’. In the key cast, Matt Damon is flanked by arthouse darling Franka Potente (from Lola Rennt), and chased by character actors Brian Cox and Chris Cooper. The first Bourne movie brought a bunch of talent together, directed by Doug Liman, who had been doing hip, smallish character driven movies up to that point. Well, if we forget about the Robert Ludlum novels for a second. I thought Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler was the best script of 2014.įor Tony the mega movie phase of his career started with The Bourne Identity (2002). Tony wrote The Devil’s Advocate, Armageddon, and Michael Clayton, which he also directed. Both Dan and Tony have a truly riveting and diverse list of credits to their name.

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