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Cape Fear (1991)

Film
DirectorMartin Scorsese
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Characters
  • The altered moral character of Sam Bowden compared to the 1962 original
Form & technique
  • The school theater scene between Max Cady and Danielle Bowden
  • The film's overall expressionistic visual style (e.g., negative-color flashes, superimpositions)
Tropes
  • Max Cady's tattooed and hyper-muscular body → Grotesque Realism
  • The final climax on the houseboat during the storm
  • Sam Bowden's hiring of thugs to assault Max Cady
  • Max Cady's final defeat, drowning in the river → The Abject

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