#367: Revenge Tour, Pt. 1 — Point Blank (1967)

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The revenge narrative has proven fertile ground for film in general (indeed, this is not our first pairing inspired by the subject) and the John Wick franchise specifically, which has just spawned its fourth chapter tracing a one-man killing machine’s path of righteous destruction across the globe. It’s also provided us with a fine excuse to revisit 1967’s POINT BLANK, the John Boorman cult classic that follows Lee Marvin on a more localized but no less brutal revenge tour of his own. So in preparation for John Wick’s globe-trotting mayhem, this week we’re joined by Vulture film critic and returning guest Alison Willmore to talk over POINT BLANK’s alternately dreamlike and bleak portrait of a man who’s lost his humanity — symbolically or literally, depending on your read — plunging violently back into the human world. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about POINT BLANK, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	Thoughtful driving tips from ESO, number three.
0:34.5	This is Kieran. He's doing 70 on the motorway. On his way to a cheeky spa appointment,
0:40.7	though his diary says he's visiting a client. Nauty Kieran. Lowering his speed to 60 could save him
0:48.1	up to 9% in fuel on the journey. Enjoy that hot stone massage, Kieran. Slowing down a little. It's very difficult to keep the
0:57.8	line between the past and the present. Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and
1:04.5	take possession of a living being? We may be through with the past, but the past is not through
1:09.3	with us. Welcome with the past, but the past is not through with us.
1:18.1	Welcome to the next picture show, a movie The Week podcast devoted to a classic film and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
1:20.2	I'm Keith Phipps here with Tasha Robinson and Scott Tobias.
1:24.1	Our regular co-host, Jennifer Yukoski, is absent this week on a mysterious mission of
1:27.6	revenge. But we sent word to the organization whose center replacement in the form of our special
1:32.0	and returning guest, Fultures, Alison, Wilmore. Hello, Allison. How are you doing? I'm good. I'm
1:36.9	ready to just gum up the works, though, by telling you, you know, we're cashless now, and I can only
1:42.7	confront bureaucracy.
1:44.7	There's no revenge happening here.
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