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The Set-Up (1978)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Overview

The Set-Up is Kathryn Bigelow’s student film at Columbia about the exploration of ‘why violence in cinematic form is so seductive’. It featured two men beating each other to a pulp in a dark alley, while two professors analyzed the philosophy of it all on the soundtrack.

Length 17 minutes

Actors

Gary Busey | Sylvère Lotringer | Marshall Blonsky