No Sympathy For The Shooter: Contrasting TARGETS (1968) & JOKER (2019) In An Era Of Mass Shootings

ByNicole
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Peter Bogdanovich’s debut film Targets (1968) is composed of two narratives. One narrative follows Byron Orlok, an aging actor, played by Boris Karloff, who has decided to retire after growing weary of being typecast in horror films and feels that he can no longer play a “straight role” anymore.

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