Talk:Point Blank (film)

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[edit] Questions

From my memory, there seem to be a number of flaws in the description of the plot.

1) "Walker...shot by his adulterous wife" I didn't think it was certain that they were actually married.

2) I thought it wasn't his wife that shot him, it was Reese.

3) "Walker pursues his money in a series of murders..." Few, if any, of the deaths, are directly caused by Walker. Reese is killed by accident, and three guys are killed by the sniper arranged by the Organisation. Walker may have some indirect responsibility for their deaths, but he doesn't actually kill any of them.

Does anyone agree / disagree with this ? If there are no objections, I will change the article accordingly. GeraldH 08:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

1) Firstly, it is Reese that shoots Walker to death in the prison cell at Alcatraz (see below).

2) According to Director John Boorman (in a retrospective discussion of Lee Marvin which I once saw on TV), Walker is a ghost. This, perhaps, is why he never actually kills anyone, and also explains why, when he confronts his ex, he never actually converses with her, but rather she "converses" with herself. ARog —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARog (talk • contribs) 19:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, poor Walker actually is a ghost. One of the unique contributions of this film is that Boorman gives us a ghost's experience: less consistent or understandable than life is for the living. Less real. Very cool. Funny how the critics can miss this!Vendrov 10:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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