Synopsis/Details
Suburban America, 1977. A middle-aged man is visited at his home by an older photographer with prosthetic hooks for hands. The photographer wants to sell the homeowner a picture of the latter's house. The homeowner seems to be obsessed by the fact that the visitor has hook hands, and invites him into his house partly to see how the hooks will hold a cup of coffee. Both men subsequently reveal that their families have left them. The homeowner then suddenly decides to have the hook-handed man take more pictures of the outside of his house—and of himself with it. At the end, the homeowner climbs onto the roof so that his picture can be taken: in motion, as it were, as he jumps up and throws a rock off the roof.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Hero's Journey
Story Situation:
Deliverance
Story Conclusion:
Ambiguous
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Accusation, Detraction, Disapprobation
Cast Size:
Couple
Locations:
Single
Special Effects:
Minor cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Male Middle Aged, Male over 45
Hero Type:
Anti-Hero, Ordinary
Villian Type:
Anti-Villian
Stock Character Types:
Everyman, Fall guy
Advanced
Adaption:
Based on Existing Fiction
Subgenre:
Disease/Disability, Drama, Hybrid Sub-Genres, Life Story, Literary Adaption
Action Elements:
Physical Stunts
Equality & Diversity:
Disability Focused, Disabled Protagonist
Life Topics:
Mid-life Crisis/Middle Age
Time Period:
The Seventies (1970–1979)
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Time of Year:
Summer
Relationship Topics:
Affinity, Emotions and feelings
Writer Style:
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Charlie Kaufman, Coen Brothers
