1966 · drama · crime
The Chase
Directed by Arthur Penn2h 15m1966
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Our read: The Chase (1966) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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“You want a sweaty Texas-noir night where one escape unravels a whole town.”
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