X-Nico

3 unusual facts about The Delicate Art of the Rifle


The Delicate Art of the Rifle

Grant became interested in rooftop snipers after his film professor Joseph Gomez pointed out his resemblance to Charles Whitman, (the film is dedicated to Joseph Gomez.)

It is a surrealistic comedy-drama about a school shooting as seen through the eyes of a socially awkward college student named Jay.

Walt Whitman, the shooter, is loosely based on Charles Whitman, but the film is not in any way a factual account of the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas.



see also