Instead , he works through gigantic close - ups and an unusually visceral treatment of bare - knuckle violence .
Mr. Karlson 's filmmaking has few of the standard noir flourishes : the dark and brooding shadows , the bizarrely canted camera angles .
Karlson works through gigantic close - ups and an unusually visceral treatment of bare - knuckle violence .
Mr. Karlson 's filmmaking has few of the standard noir flourishes : the dark and brooding shadows , the bizarrely canted camera angles .