Direction
Penn's European art-house influences all over this weird little gem.
Cinematography
Expressionist shadows that would make Fritz Lang jealous.
Score
Eddie Sauter's jazz score — basically a character itself.
Director
Arthur Penn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beatty demanded Columbia buy back the negative and shelve it after disastrous test screenings. They said no. He didn't speak to Penn for years.
Penn later admitted he was 'too in love with European cinema' here — this is his attempt to make an American Breathless, complete with Godardian jump cuts and alienation effects.
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