Richard Sarafian is a decidedly underrated director. After finally seeing this, it's satisfying to report his VANISHING POINT was not a flash-in-the-pan. FRAGMENT...does not move at the same pace, nor does it get the viewer involved quite as quickly, but once you're about twenty minutes in, you're hooked until the end as Sarafian and screenwriter Dehn continually manipulate reality and our perceptions of it, along with lead character David Hemmings' perceptions of it. Really brilliant in the way it portrays a matter-of-fact unfolding of events that seem like a conventional, yet still insidious conspired-murder-by-blackmail-ring plot. But then we're constantly shown by the dialogue and actions of other characters that these events we've just witnessed may never have occurred. As an audience, we're constantly being shifted back and forth, momentarily convinced that recovering-addict-turned-successful-writer Hemmings is undergoing paranoid delusions, then the next moment convinced there really is a vast conspiracy against him and his investigation into his rich aunt's death. Disturbing and constantly involving, sucking the viewer in until the shocking conclusion. Unfortunately, the film's one real liability, which may in fact be the reason for some viewers' antipathy toward this film, is its totally inappropriate music score. Not only is the score mixed too loud on the soundtrack, it repeatedly draws attention to itself, often diffusing the effects Sarafian is trying to achieve. If only they had gotten someone like John Dankworth who could have composed a similar jazzy score but much more subtly and in keeping with the film's rhythms. Of course, even better would have been Ennio Morricone, someone who had already scored many Italian giallo thrillers that had attempted to play with reality in a similar way. Whomever hired Johnny Harris made a big mistake. His score is the one thing that keeps this from being a genuine little masterpiece. imdb comment
导演在Vanishing Point前的一部惊悚片，情节技巧俱佳，在车上收到陌生人递来的威胁信竟然出自自家打字机然后整个公寓顿时危机四伏这段拍得真好，摧毁一个人不用谋杀，只需设局让旁人甚至他自己都不能相信他自己。此类精神奔溃型的角色最衬托主演的水平和美貌，海明斯好样的。
Richard Sarafian is a decidedly underrated director. After finally seeing this it's satisfying to report his VANISHING POINT was not a flash-in-the-pan. FRAGMENT...does not move at the same pace nor does it get the viewer involved quite as quickly but once you're about twenty minutes in you're hooked until the end as Sarafian and screenwriter Dehn continually manipulate rea...
……这片看了逼死人 越到后面越要把我逼疯 结局我是不太满意 很纠结 说实话感觉氛围就很铅黄那意思 毕竟是deep red的演员 还有这配乐
