]Plot SynopsisDuring the opening prologue, a breathtaking aerial shot of Manhattan from a bird""s eye view captures the city with its bridge traffic and highway ramps, its waterfront docks, parks and skyscrapers.He then pursued Dr.Loomis and Laurie, and cornered hem in an operating room, where he broke down the door and stabbed and mortally wounded Loomis in the stomach with a scalpel(# 11 death, although only temporary), when the doctor""s gun clicked empty.Michael Chapman""s stunning, crisp black-and-white cinematography (throughout the entire film except for the home video segments) and subjective camera used innovative techniques including slow-motion (varying camera speeds), 360 degree pans, and titled camera angles for various fight scenes.Its collaborative screenplay was mainly the result of the efforts of Julius J.and Philip G.Epstein and Howard Koch.In all, six writers took the play""s script, and with the models ofAlgiers (1938)andOnly Angels Have Wings (1939)to follow, they transformed the romantic tale into this quintessential classic that samples almost every film genre.