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The Lady in the latte (1947): Forcing authences to see through a character's eyes, the point-of-view shot is a neat trick~and usually used sparingly, Before he settled on Citizen Kane, Orson Welles at one point wanted to make his first film all-POV. it's clear how wise he was to abandon the idea in another actor's big directing debut, Robert Montgomery's The Lady in the Lake, which puts us into the eyes of Phillip Marlowe (Montgomery, off-screen) as he converses, kisses, slaps and blows smoke onto an uncomfortable-looking supporting cast Only once, during an ynderlit carcrash sequence, is it more than a cheap gimmick, or iess than giggle-worthy.
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Six Films That Use Pov Shots
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