Detour

            The protagonist feels like an anti-hero. From the first instance when the man dies, he becomes almost inferior, and this becomes more prominent as the woman he picks up keeps reminding us of that. He can’t find the right thing to do throughout the whole film and constantly has to defend himself to no good end. He gets stuck in this situation that seems to just get worse and worse by circumstance, but has no power to bring himself out of it correctly and by his own will. Throughout most of the film, there almost aren’t any shots that portray him as bigger than anyone else that he has more power over them to get out of this mess. He is just shown as a guy stuck in a situation. There are a few shots though inside of the hotel that picture him as a hero type when he is defending his conscience and innocence. The few shots come from a little lower and point up making him look larger and more commanding. In the film, he does have the truth, but that never gets the chance to let him go, and he never takes it.