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Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in his everyday life. Based on the novel "Shoot It" by Paul Tyner; filmed in Kansas City.
| Release : | 1974 |
| Rating : | 7.2 |
| Studio : | Shoot It Company, |
| Crew : | Director, |
| Cast : | Michael Moriarty Eric Laneuville Paul Sorvino Earl Hindman |
| Genre : | Drama Crime |
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Excellent, a Must See
disgusting, overrated, pointless
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
This is a rare and interesting film and sadly rarely seen. It has a great cast - Moriarty and Sorvino, and a great retro blaxploitation look. The script is highly literate as well. The story centers on a white cop who kills a black mugger in cold blood. He doesn't realize that the entire episode was filmed by a black film student. The student takes the opportunity to torment the cop - and indeed follows the cop and makes a documentary about him documenting his empty life.The filming of the shooting recalls the Rodney King incident, where a videographer filmed cops beating a black motorist. The black filmmaker reminds you a lot of Spike Lee. This film, like "Do the right thing" ends with blacks rising up in revenge - anticipating the reaction of blacks in the wake of the Rodney King trial.An interesting time capsule of the late 70's, and still very timely.PETRUK
