1968 · 90 min · R

Targets

Name: Targets
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Horror
Released: 1968
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Nancy Hsueh

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich · Thriller, Crime, Horror

Targets (1968) is a Thriller film, directed by Peter Bogdanovich set in Los Angeles during the 1960s. It runs 90 minutes and is rated R.

A serial killer, with a tense and bleak tone. Themes of madness / loss of sanity and mortality & aging play out through interwoven / hyperlink and metafiction.

Cinematography

László Kovács

Cast

Tim O'KellyBoris KarloffArthur PetersonMonte LandisNancy HsuehPeter BogdanovichDaniel AdesStafford Morgan

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Los Angeles

Setting

Suburban Urban

When

1960s

Premise & themes

Premise

Serial Killer

Themes

Madness / Loss Of Sanity Mortality & Aging

Structure

Interwoven / Hyperlink Metafiction

Tone

TenseBleak

Shape

Protagonist

Two Hander

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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Targets

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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