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Detour

DetourDetour is particularly good for highlighting how the Femme fatalemanipulates the protagonist and is subsequently the reason for hisdownfallThe setting in this film is that of which you would expect to find incalssic Film Noir films from this era.The setting upholds many conventions such as an urbansetting, bars and a flat/apartment.Conventions used in Detour are: Flashbacks,Rain, Obscurity of vision, Smoking, Chiaroscurolighting, Alcoholism, Darkness.The film was based on MartinGoldsmith's novel 'Detour'The plot involves someone picking up Al, a hitchhiker. The man takes a few tablets at one point in the film anddies in the car. Al is driving by this point and goes round to the passenger side to check if he's ok. As heopens the door, he falls out and hits his head on a rock. Al then decides to dump the body and run, but,changes his identity to the man who died. Al then picks up the Femme Fatale who has some connection withthe man who died. Al then gets blackmailed by her into doing things for her or she'll snitch on him. He thenkills her accidentally. He realizes he could get put in prison for a double murder case so he flees and carrieson driving away knowing he's going to be living the rest of his life looking behind him.At the start of the film, the audience see how isolated theprotagonist - Al - is. He's sat alone in a diner drinking and thishighlight s his alienation from society. This is a commonconvention of Film Noir.The Hollywood Production Code did not allow murderersto get away with their crimes so at the end they had tore-model the movie and have Al being picked up by apolice car which could foreshadow his arrest , but yet, itstill shows a potential punishment which then allowed hefilm to be publish.When Al kills the FemmeFatale there is a mirrorshot where she is lyingon the bed. This is acommon camera shot inFilm NoirDetour only had a small budget between $20,000 and $100,000,which on ly meant they used minimal set and filmed on locationinstead.The music waswritten by LeoErdody withambient soundeffects.The original script was muchlonger but they cut a lot of thedialogue out and shortened thefilm.There is frequent use of Chiaroscuro lighting in Detour. A particularexample of this is when the Femme Fatale gets drunk and threatens tocall the police. This high contrast in lighting helps to create more of anatmospheric effect in such an important scene in the film.In the scene where Vera threatens to call the police, we see the Femme Fatale's actual power over Al. She is aserious threat towards him and is always blackmailing him into doing things or she'll call the police. Vera uses this asammunition and always is in control instead of Al dominating the decision making.The Femme Fatale Vera often comes across as blunt and short temperedbut she seduces Al a lot to get him to give into her and go along with herdecisions.Double click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node