The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man is a movie about a vietnam vet who, through an interesting turn of events becomes a stunt double in a movie about World War I. The movie is fun to watch because it draws you in to its cinematic qualities while showing you the inner workings of Hollywood. For example a scene in the movie involves a stunt man running across the rooftops of a building, dodging bullets and fighting off soldiers. The scene is presented as if it were shot in one continuous shot though in actuality it would not be. This draws you in to the story of the film. Then you see men being thrown off buildings to land on giant inflated pads below, showing you that this is a movie and none of the men are actually getting hurt. It gives the viewer a nice sense of how the movie was shot yet still flows well enough to create a fantasy world you can get lost in.