For some reason, it is only in my 60th year that I have had the chance to watch "Save The Tiger." What an incredible and intense film it is. One of the significant story telling techniques used is the compression of events into a tight time frame. In the case of "Save the Tiger," Harry Stoner's life is under a perpetual gun for 36 hours.
On a obscure note, others may have commented on this but midway in the film, we catch a glimpse of an old Bogart masterpiece, "High Sierra." Suffice it to say there are thematic intersections between the Bogart classic and this film. ***slight spoiler*** "Save the Tiger" ends on a gentle, reflective note: We watch Harry in the sun, in a park watching kids play. Early in "High Sierra" Roy Earle, just released from prison, strolls into a park to enjoy the sight of grass and trees. Kids are playing. He picks up a stray baseball and chucks it.
Harry's lost boys of summer days and Earle's brief flirtation with memory provide a wonderful cinematic link.
Diversion aside, "Save the Tiger" is a magnificent piece of work.
On a obscure note, others may have commented on this but midway in the film, we catch a glimpse of an old Bogart masterpiece, "High Sierra." Suffice it to say there are thematic intersections between the Bogart classic and this film. ***slight spoiler*** "Save the Tiger" ends on a gentle, reflective note: We watch Harry in the sun, in a park watching kids play. Early in "High Sierra" Roy Earle, just released from prison, strolls into a park to enjoy the sight of grass and trees. Kids are playing. He picks up a stray baseball and chucks it.
Harry's lost boys of summer days and Earle's brief flirtation with memory provide a wonderful cinematic link.
Diversion aside, "Save the Tiger" is a magnificent piece of work.