Characters & Themes
The Set-Up (1978) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 17 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Starring
- Gary Busey, Sylvère Lotringer, Marshall Blonsky
Kathryn Bigelow’s Columbia student short examines why cinematic violence holds such allure. The film stages a brutal beating between two men in a shadowy alley, while a commentary track of two professors dissects the philosophical implications of the spectacle, merging stark visual action with scholarly analysis.
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