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When reality imitates cinema
This comes in the tradition of prior films like Psycho, Willard and Dont Go in the House, all of which involve a troubled loner who lashes out at society. The twist here is that the misfit (Dennis Christopher) is a fanatical film buff who ends up impersonating classic film characters to enact revenge.
I wouldnt be surprised if the writer was inspired by the Marvel Comics villain The Hangman, who debuted 6.5 years earlier in Werewolf By Night 11-12. Im sure both of these influenced Tarantino and his script True Romance a dozen years later.
Dennis Christopher won acclaim the previous year in Breaking Away. Here, his role here is very different in which he comes across as a Roddy McDowall type.
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