1976 · thriller
Marathon Man
Directed by John Schlesinger2h 6m1976
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Our read: Marathon Man (1976) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- extreme
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