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Speed (1994)

Film

DirectorJan de Bont

Meta takes2

Figures

Characters

Character of Annie Porter
Character of Howard Payne

Form & technique

Overall narrative structure → The Cinematic Chimera
The film's editing and pacing, especially during bus sequences

Tropes

The unfinished I-105 freeway section → The Non-Place

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