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Movie
German title After dark, my sweet
Original title After dark, my sweet
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1990
length 114 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director James Foley
script James Foley ,
Robert Redlin
production Ric Kidney ,
Robert Redlin
music Maurice Jarre
camera Mark Plummer
cut Howard E. Smith
occupation

After Dark, My Sweet is an American crime film from 1990 . Directed by James Foley , who wrote the screenplay with Robert Redlin based on the novel by Jim Thompson .

action

The professional boxer Kevin Collins kills his opponent during a fight. He is admitted to a psychiatric hospital from which he escapes. At times he wanders aimlessly through California until he meets the widow Fay Anderson. Anderson has a drinking problem. Collins starts a relationship with her.

Garrett Stoker, an uncle of Anderson, urges Collins to participate in a kidnapping. The ex-athlete agrees.

In the end, Collins, Anderson and the kidnapped child drive through the desert. Collins hears on the radio that he's wanted for the kidnapping. His voiceover says the woman is a victim of the events and needs to be protected. He stops the car and tells Anderson that he has to kill the child because it can incriminate him. Anderson takes his gun and shoots him. As he dies, he whispers that it was right to kill him.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that he had seen the film four times. The film tells the story of the “inevitable” failure and demise of the protagonists (“tells their story as an inevitable progress toward failure and doom”). What makes him fascinating is the subliminal way in which Collins understands what is going wrong. The film lives from the representations - especially those by Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern and George Dickerson - which would bring "dark, poetic sadness" into it. The last 20 minutes are a masterpiece of storytelling; the last minute is “brilliantly complex”.

Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a "morbid, polished film noir of the modern age". He is staged "with cool elegance" and is "between reality and madness in the dark, nihilistic spirit of the late Jim Thompson ".

The magazine prisma wrote that the "tension-laden thriller" "perfectly captures the sultry, oppressive mood of the grandiose novel by Jim Thompson". The main actors Jason Patric and Rachel Ward are in "top performance".

backgrounds

The film was in Indio ( California turned). It had its world premiere on August 24, 1990. On September 11, 1990, it was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film grossed approximately 2.7 million in the cinemas of the United States dollar one.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed September 7, 2007
  2. ^ Cinema, accessed September 7, 2007
  3. ↑ prisma, accessed September 7, 2007
  4. ^ Filming locations for After Dark, My Sweet, accessed September 7, 2007
  5. ^ Opening dates for After Dark, My Sweet, accessed September 7, 2007
  6. ^ Box office / business for After Dark, My Sweet, accessed September 7, 2007