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Single Serving Cinema
Single Serving Cinema looks at one critical scene in a movie every other week. We explore how the scene is constructed, what the scene achieves, and what it can tell us about the movie as a whole. Hosted by Tim & Tay.
Single Serving Cinema
SSC 56: Face/Off (Woo, 1997)
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Tim & Tay
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Season 3
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Episode 56
Tim & Tay dig into John Woo's maximalist style with the ridiculous, fun, and arguarbly flawed Face/Off.
Synopsis
FBI agent Sean Archer undergoes radical surgery to trade faces with his nemesis, the terrorist Castor Troy, in order to discover the location of a bomb that threatens Los Angeles.
Starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta, and directed by John Woo, Face/Off was released June 27, 1997.
Where to watch Face/Off.
Scene: 45:30-48:25
In short order, Castor Troy wakes up from his coma, calls in his henchmen and takes Sean Archer’s face.
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Recommendations
- Tim: Hard Boiled (Woo, 1992)—where to watch
- Tay: 2 Guns (Kormakur, 2013)—where to watch
Next episode: Memento (Nolan, 2000)—where to watch
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