'Point Blank' Director: John Boorman (1967) Criterion Collection 4K UltraHD + Blu-ray John Boorman (Excalibur, Deliverance) brought the gangster drama into new realms of modernist abstraction with this stylised revenge thriller, which transforms hard-edged pulp into a kaleidoscopic psychological puzzle. Lee Marvin is iconically cool as the enigmatic Walker, who, after he’s betrayed and left for dead by his best friend during a robbery, embarks on a brutal quest for vengeance, aided by a jaded ex-moll (a sensational Angie Dickinson) who has her own complex motives for helping him. Capturing Los Angeles locales with a surreal pop-art eye, Boorman locates the existential dread lurking beneath the city’s sunlit surface. Adapted from a pulp novel by legendary crime writer Donald E. Westlake, whose work inspired films such as John Flynn's The Outfit and Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice. Special features include:- Audio commentary featuring Boorman and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh- Interview with Boorman conducted by author Geoff Dyer- Interview with critic Mark Harris- Reflections on Point Blank by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch- Program on the midcentury Los Angeles architecture featured in the film, with historian Alison Martino- The Rock (1967), a short documentary on Alcatraz and the making of the film- Interview with Lee Marvin from a 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show- Essay by Geoff Dyer
