domino have be widely condemn on this site for it frenetic editing style and sicken photography . it detractors cite it superficiality and criticize it deployment of style over substance i couldn not disagree more . i believe that domino represent the absolute height of tony scott film make career . after have create the dominant hollywood action movie style throughout the late eighty and early ninety tony scott have move progressively closer to a more subjective style of cinema . as early a crimson tide scott use his stylistic talent to portray the inner world of his character the claustrophobia and drama inherent in the conflict on board a nuclear submarine be embody in the excellent use of long lens combine with dutched angle framing . this be then carry through to enemy of the state and spy game which visually represent the world of surveillance and espionage respectively . man on fire be an extreme departure and a move into an expressionist more painterly aesthetic . here scott use an antiquated hand crank camera and flash frame to express his character explosive rage . although not entirely successful it introduce the technique which be to find their full expression in dominocouched in the framing device of an fbi interrogation domino present the life of the infamous bounty hunter via her narrated disjointed fragment of memory . she grasp at memory a we all do in fragment and flash and brief snatch . a domino relay her story verbally scott relay it visually illustrate not only the event which she describe but also the point of view which guide them . she do have trace of mescaline in her system but her individual vision be anyway unusual that of an woman who eschew the life of luxury for bounty hunting . it be when domino begin to relate the event which lead to her captivity that scott really lets rip . together with cinematographer dan mindel and composer harry gregson williams scott orchestrate a postmodern canvas of contemporary americana . gradually we begin to realize that unusual though she may be domino be no more disjointed than the 90210 culture she have reject . a she wad through this cultural melange scott make his viewer more aware of the innocence which it destroy through the underprivileged child which the narrative introduces . ultimately scott portrays their salvation a the only escape we have from this surreal trip . to criticize this movie for be overly stylize be akin to criticize a picasso or a pollock for not represent that which be recognizably human . like any great paint the meaning in domino be in the surface and the surface be everything . i be not in any way associate with scott free but have always be and will continue to be a huge admirer of tony scott work .