In The Line of Fire: Mitch Leary/John Booth/James Carney (John Malkovich)

Comments for death : In The Line of Fire: Mitch Leary/John Booth/James Carney (John Malkovich).

Leary's death was pretty ironic and indeed reflected the earlier scene with him and Frank in Washington DC.

His fall was kinda choppy though, I'd say bad editing because you got these fraction of a second to 2 second shots of him falling.

He let go, you see him fall.
Then you see Frank's face.
Then you see him fall.
Then you see Lily's face.
then you seem him fall.
Then you see Frank's face again.
Then you see Leary's face
and from under him, his landing.

So not only did I find it choppy but when he first lets go, you can actually see through him for a second. Kinda primitive for a movie in 1993, the first part at least. Oh, and his fall was lenghty. Choppy indeed but it was lengthy, as if he was falling from the US Bank Tower or something.

heh, i have never really looked at it that way commanderblue. Indeed, that will probably annoy me from this point on!

Mind you, Hollywood is renowned for multi angle effect shots. Most Arnie films show massive building explosions from about 5 different angles. It is over the top, but adds to the impact that this is a *seriously* big explosion.

Lol, yeah.

In his fall, there should've been at the very least a good shot of him falling for 4 seconds instead of 1 to 2.