Colors of Crime

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Movie
German title Colors of Crime
Original title Sketch artist
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Phedon Papamichael
script Michael Angeli
production Brad Krevoy , Steven Stabler
music Mark Isham
camera Wally Pfister
cut Carole Kravetz
occupation

Colors of Crime (alternative title: Colors of death , original title: Sketch Artist ) is an American thriller by Phedon Papamichael from 1992 .

action

Jack Whitfield is a draftsman who uses the testimony of witnesses to create phantom images. One night a well-known designer is murdered while the messenger Daisy Drew observes a woman near the crime scene. Whitfield draws the picture of the woman and finds that it is very similar to his wife Rayanne. Whitfield quickly creates another picture.

The fake picture points to an innocent photographer as the perpetrator. Whitfield looks for the real culprit on his own hand. When Drew is killed, Whitfield is suspected by the police. He finds the perpetrator, but his wife leaves him.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was " cleverly constructed " and " carefully staged ". He demands " concentration and thinking " from the audience .

Georg Seeßlen wrote in his book " Drew Barrymore " that the film received " good reviews ".

background

In 1995 the sequel The Portrait of the Killer ( Sketch Artist II: Hands That See ) followed with Jeff Fahey and Courteney Cox .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Colors of Crime. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Georg Seeßlen: Drew Barrymore , Berlin, Bertz Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-929470-34-9 , page 73