This film is about a character, called Prot (played by Kevin Spacey), who claims to come from the planet 'K-PAX'. The psychiatrist who takes on his case, Dr Mark Powell (played by Jeff Bridges), pursues the truth about Prot and eventually discovers where he originally came from.
· The film opens in New York
· The first character we meet in the busy train station is a disabled beggar, who appears to witness Prot’s arrival…
· Another thing that the director concentrates on is the light in the station…
· The music used here is very atmospheric. It is...
· The director uses various shots to establish the character of Prot. In particular he uses...
· The character looks unusual…
· The next thing that happens is that there is a flurry of activity and...
· Prot sees the incident and naturally...
· However, when the police arrive...
· Unusually, it is a tough-talking female ‘cop’ who speaks to Prot first... When she asks him...
· At this stage, in order to make the scene seem more like a crime scene, a .............camera style is used...
· When Prot is removed from the station, we see a close-up of his ... This showed me that...
· We also see the expression on Prot’s face. He is...
· Freddie, the beggar, is the other person who is on camera. He...
