How Does Stanley Kauffman Create Suspense In Flight Of The Innocent

In Stanley Kauffman's review of Flight of the Innocent he talks about the “egregious huge close-ups, pointless slo-mo, intrusive fantasies, irrelevant prettinesses”. I strongly agree with this opinion because throughout the film you see horrendous close ups of Scarface (especially when he died because of the atrocious acting), awful slow motion of Vito running away from the attackers because that creates a lack of suspense that is needed at a faster pace. The useless fantasy of Vito dreaming of a peaceful life by being a hawk is also a problem since it doesn’t render anything. It’s as useless as slow motion because all it does is disrupt the actual story and it causes complete confusion to the viewer. The prettiness of the film is futile to