SO I have been taking this phlebotomy (from the Greek "phleb" meaning vein and "otomy" meaning trying not to splash) class and it has gotten me thinking about blood in movies. I am not talking here about the gushing gore of slasher films, but about the use of blood ad bleeding in pop-cinema.
Reservoir Dogs- Ok I now this is a pretty graphic, even gratuitous example of exsanguination but Tim Roth owns it. And Harvey Keitel's conflicted cradling gives pause.
The Natural- this is subtlety. Roy Hobbs is about to knock the lights out and go back to the farm for the story book ending but first has to get past the pain, the scars from so long ago, from before he "got a little side-tracked."
Young Sherlock Holmes- yes Holmes, that damn cut from Rathe never seems to heal. but you need the image to strike a chord.
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade- River Phoenix explains both Harrison Fords chin scar and his affinity for the bullwhip.
Psycho- Hitchcock understand his medium and pours Hershey syrup down the bathtub drain (the only time in history that such behavior is accepatable)
The Untouchables- Sean Connery is mortally wouned after accusing one of his assailants of bringing a knife to a gun fight and then gets mowed down, but still crawls accross the floor as his cardigan gets soaked,
to share some final thought with Elliott Ness. And honorable mention to the bat at the dinner table scene
2 comments:
Nice list.
That little bit of blood in the rowboat at the end of City of Men is pretty memorable to me...
I should also have mentioned young George Bailey's ear bleeding in Its a Wonderful Life.
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