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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Film

DirectorMichael Cimino

Meta takes2

Figures

Locations

The Montana landscape and the open road

Form & technique

The final scene: Lightfoot's death and Thunderbolt driving away with the money

Tropes

The central relationship between Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Lightfoot's performance in drag to distract a security guard → The Performed Self
The dynamic between the established star persona of Eastwood and the emerging persona of Bridges → The Intertextual Star Persona
The 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon used in the heist

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