Body shots

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Movie
German title Body shots
Original title Body shots
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Michael Cristofer
script David McKenna
production Harry Colomby
Michael Keaton
Jennifer Keohane
music Mark Isham
camera Rodrigo García
cut Eric A. Sears
occupation

Body Shots is an American drama movie from 1999 . Directed by Michael Cristofer , the script was written by David McKenna .

action

The film is structured like a series of interviews with eight young people living in Los Angeles . They talk about relationships, sex, and the events on the sidelines of a party after which a woman narrowly escaped rape. The professional athlete Michael Penorisi brings Sara Olswang home after the party and becomes intimate with her until she hits him. Olswang files a complaint, claiming it was attempted rape. Penorisi says the sex was consensual and she hit him because he forgot her name. He is arrested anyway.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 22, 1999 that the film suffered from a misunderstanding: It did not deal with rape, but alcoholism. This leads to an ambiguous and unsatisfactory end. The film is well meant and has some pointed dialogues, but it resembles "soft porn" , which offers two perspectives to choose from.

Stephen Hunter wrote in the Washington Post on October 22, 1999 that the film was trying so hard to be "cool" that it failed to be alive. He praises narcissism .

Kevin Thomas wrote in the Los Angeles Times on October 22, 1999 that the film features sex, "miles of rough dialogue" and eight cast members who are as attractive as they are talented. The structure is said to be penetrated so that one can like the characters ( “too shrewd to ask us to like these people much” ). Particularly annoying is the amount of alcohol consumed, which makes it impossible for the characters to remember exactly what happened.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film is enlightening, but its “pseudo-documentary approach” exposes itself, “since no problems and people, only clichés and types are presented” . He only pretends to be a “portrait of a generation” .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Los Angeles . Its world premiere took place on October 7, 1999 at the Austin Film Festival . On October 22, 1999 it came to selected cinemas in the USA, where it grossed around 700,000 US dollars .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed January 29, 2008
  2. ^ Stephen Hunter film review , accessed November 10, 2008
  3. ^ Film review by Kevin Thomas, accessed January 29, 2008
  4. ↑ Body Shots in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed January 29, 2008
  5. ↑ Locations for Body Shots, accessed January 29, 2008
  6. ↑ Body Shots premiere dates, accessed January 29, 2008
  7. ↑ www.the-numbers.com, accessed on January 29, 2008
  8. ^ Box office / business for body shots, accessed January 29, 2008