Around the States in 50 Films: Falling Down
Disillusion and emasculation in sweaty, nineties LA
The second post in my dabble with American cinema is all about the 1993 psychological thriller Falling Down, directed by Joel Schumacher of The Lost Boys and Phone Booth fame. It stars Michael Douglas as an unemployed defence worker who becomes violently frustrated with the everyday flaws and injustices he encounters within the hot and sweaty Los Angele…
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