#NIGHT MOVES 1975 FILM ANALYSIS MOVIE#

Just notice how she reacts when Harry asks about her missing daughter. I also just can’t help mentioning Janet Ward’s performance here.

#NIGHT MOVES 1975 FILM ANALYSIS MOVIE#

That was her second noir movie of the year, the first one being The Drowning Pool. She has several nude scenes that were shot after she turned 18 in 1875. And finally, the role of the missing girl is played by 16-year-old Melanie Griffith. We also have the opportunity to see young James Woods here in one of his first big acting roles.

He was simply captivating here with his nuanced performance.

Gene Hackman is in a role of a lifetime and I say that fully knowing that he shot The French Connection just a couple of years earlier. I guess now’s as good as time as any to talk about the magnificent cast of this movie. And that fucking final shot, it’s just glorious leaving you frozen and feeling strangely alive. Like any other good noir movie, it’s thought-provoking, just sucking you into its doomed orbit. This is also a movie with a strong beginning, middle, and one hell of motherfucking ending. As I already mentioned, everything about Night Moves feels authentic and engaging. All of them are fully fleshed out and feel realistic. Harry is just one of many great characters we will meet here. I will just say that try and figure out what kind of a detective is he. Mmhmm, I almost just spoiled it all for you by going into detail about his character. He’s our main character, a private detective determined to “solve the case”. This uncompromising and raw vibe suggests that Harry might be in trouble. And yet there’s something foreboding in the air. The showbiz environment and deceptively casual vibe further bolster that feeling. When the movie starts you have this feeling that you’re embarking on an adventure. So, we will be following PI Harry Moseby tasked with finding a missing 16-year-old girl. However, if you want to learn a bit more let us continue. Especially if you’re a fan of detective stories and noir. Actually, you really should stop reading this right now and check it out. I will talk about the performances later as I want you to first get a feel for this movie. He meticulously takes notes and sets off to solve this case. He doesn’t “memorize” the info or scribbles it while the tape is playing. He stops and plays the tape several times to write down the important details. If you manage to get someone to watch the movie with you, there’s so much shit to go through.įor example, in the opening scene of Night Moves, we see private investigator Harry Moseby playing back the voicemail he received earlier. They might be small but they are sure as shit glorious. The soundtrack was just spot on and the pacing so deliberate that you couldn’t help but immerse yourself into this story.

What I witnessed was probably one of the best neo-noir movies I have ever seen. However, the reviews were good and I was looking for something different so I went with it.

You know that feeling when you play a movie and you start getting a sense it might be a good one? Well, when I played Night Moves it was late and I really wasn’t in a mood for an outdated seventies thriller.

Night moves 1975 film analysis