Face/Off (1997)
Figures
Locations
- The two-way mirror confrontation in prison
Form & technique
- The final scene of Sean Archer bringing Adam home
Tropes
- The face-swapping surgery premise
- The climactic speedboat chase and final fight
- The signature use of white doves → Transnational Auteurism
- Nicolas Cage's performance as Castor Troy
- Castor Troy (in Archer's body) interacting with Archer's family
- Eve Archer's discovery and forced acceptance of her "new" husband
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