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Targets

Targets

Thriller · Crime · Drama · 1968

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

Movie details

Targets

“TARGETS are people...and you could be one of them!”

1968 Thriller · Crime · Drama 1h 30m

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Peter Bogdanovich

Written by

Peter Bogdanovich · Samuel Fuller · Polly Platt

Tim O'Kelly

Tim O'Kelly

Bobby Thompson

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Byron Orlok

Arthur Peterson

Arthur Peterson

Ed Loughlin

Monte Landis

Monte Landis

Marshall Smith

Nancy Hsueh

Nancy Hsueh

Jenny

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

Sammy Michaels

Daniel Ades

Daniel Ades

Chauffeur

Court is in session

Put Targets on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.