Amateur (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | amateur |
| Original title | amateur |
| Country of production | USA , France |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hal Hartley |
| script | Hal Hartley |
| production | Hal Hartley, Ted Hope |
| music | Hal Hartley, Jeffrey Taylor |
| camera | Michael Spiller |
| cut | Steve Hamilton |
| occupation | |
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Amateur is an American - French thriller from 1994. Directed by Hal Hartley , who also wrote the script and co-produced the film.
action
Isabelle quit a monastery after many years and tries her hand at pornographic literature. In a café she meets a man who was pushed out of the window by his wife Sofia Ludens shortly before, but who cannot remember his previous life. Isabelle takes him on and tries to help him overcome his amnesia and to find out his identity. Meanwhile, Sofia meets Edward, who asks her for documents and floppy discs on a Jacques. Sofia has seen this at Thomas and now wants to blackmail Jacques alone; Edward is caught and tortured by Jacques' people, survives, but is now a bit crazy.
In the apartment of Thomas and Sofia Sofia wants to get the documents, is caught by Jacques' hit men and finally freed by Thomas and Isabelle, who had previously hidden there. They flee together to a house in the country. Sofia doesn't want to tell Thomas about his identity because she is afraid of him.
When Isabelle telephones the client of her pornographic stories and tells him about the dark machinations of a respected organization, she runs into Jan, one of Jacques' people, again. He calls Sofia in hiding and wants to swap Isabelle for Thomas. Meanwhile, Edward shows up there.
When Jan comes into the house, he shoots Sofia, who is injured in the shoulder. A mad Edward then shoots Jan. Thomas and Isabelle flee with Sofia to the nearby monastery where Isabelle used to be. Sofia reveals to Isabelle who Thomas is. The police are already following them, however, and when Thomas goes to get the car, Isabelle notices that the monastery is surrounded. She hurries after him, calls his name, whereupon he stops in front of the gate and turns around. The gate opens - in front of a large number of police. When Thomas turns in the direction of the officers with a pistol in hand, a police officer pulls the trigger and shoots him.
background
The film was shot in New York City . It was shown on September 14, 1994 at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. On 19 May 1995 he was released in the United States where he about 850,000 US dollars grossed.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film praises: “ Designed as a tragicomic thriller romance, the perfectly staged film develops almost philosophical expansions in the question of the determination of its characters.” The film is “a cinematic pleasure that cleverly plays with the expectations of the audience Performers who seem to be absorbed in their roles. "
Film critic Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the director makes films about the real world with realistic dialogue. Without dialogue, this film seems like a film about urban crime and isolation. His dialogues would reveal "bizarre secrets" and "unexpected relationships". The basic idea of the plot is more interesting than the plot itself, writing about the film is more interesting than watching it.
Peter Rainer wrote in the Los Angeles Times on May 19, 1995 that the handwriting of the director and screenwriter Hal Hartley was recognizable ("it's still Hartleyland on the screen"), but the pace should represent an attempt at an action film. However, the actors seem "enigmatic" and the film generates little response.
Awards
Hal Hartley received the Tokyo International Film Festival Silver Award in 1994 . Amateur and Martin Donovan were nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Film and Best Actor, respectively, but were subject to competition.
Web links
- Amateur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Amateur at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for amateurs . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 72226 / V).
- Jump up ↑ Amateur locations , accessed March 16, 2008.
- ↑ Amateur premiere dates , accessed March 16, 2008.
- ↑ Amateur box office results , accessed on March 16, 2008.
- ↑ Amateur in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed October 17, 2011.
- ↑ Roger Ebert: Amateur . In: Chicago Sun-Times , April 28, 1995, accessed March 16, 2008.
- ↑ Peter Rainer: Thriller 'Amateur' Shoots Mostly Blanks . In: Los Angeles Times , May 19, 1995, accessed October 17, 2011.