Issue 8
Notebook

A 22nd Century Thriller for a 23rd Century Film-maker. Tony Scott.

Manuel Ortega
L'Atalante
Bio

Published 2009-07-01

Keywords

  • authorship,
  • thriller,
  • genres,
  • postmodernism,
  • music video,
  • director
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Abstract

This article vindicates Tony Scott as an author through a review of his work. Special attention will be paid to three of his latest movies, belonging to the genre of contemporary thriller: Man on Fire (2004), Domino (2005) and Déjà Vu (2006).