Enemy (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Enemy |
| Original title | Enemy |
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| Country of production | Spain , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Denis Villeneuve |
| script | Javier Gullón |
| production |
Niv Fichman , MA Faura |
| music |
Daniel Bensi , Saunder Jurriaans |
| camera | Nicolas Bolduc |
| cut | Matthew Hannam |
| occupation | |
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Enemy (. English for " enemy ") is a Spanish - Canadian mystery - thriller from the year 2013 , which appeared on the 2002 Portuguese novel The Double by Jose Saramago based. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a dual role in the film .
action
A man visits an exclusive nightclub . In the erotic stage show, a tarantula is presented and threatened by a naked woman with high heels ( crush fetish ).
History professor Adam Bell sees his life as monotonous: During the day he gives lectures, in the evening he has routine sex with his attractive girlfriend Mary. In a film from his hometown of Toronto, he notices a supporting actor who looks just like himself. Adam goes to the agency of his doppelganger. The porter thinks he is the actor and hands him a confidential letter. Adam finds out the address and the real name of the addressee: Anthony Claire. He calls him, but Anthony's wife Helen answers. She thinks she can recognize her husband by his voice, who is playing a prank on her. When Adam calls again, he speaks to Anthony and explains himself. Anthony tells Helen that an idiot called who thinks he's a doppelganger of himself. But the pregnant Helen doesn't believe him, she accuses Anthony of having an affair and thinks the ominous caller is a jealous husband. She finds out Adam's name and place of work and goes to see him. Shaken, she discovers that he is actually exactly like her husband, but does not reveal himself. At night Adam dreams of a naked woman with the head of a tarantula.
Days later, Adam and Anthony meet at a suburban hotel and find that they are completely alike. Adam gives his doppelganger the confidential letter. Later, he looks insecure to his mother, who makes it clear that he is her only son. A scene follows in which a giant spider moves across the Toronto skyline.
Meanwhile, Anthony tracks down Adam's friend Mary. He feels strongly attracted to her and secretly follows her. He knows that his wife has been to Adam's before and comes up with a bold plan to blackmail Adam with an alleged affair with her. He practices the scene in front of the mirror. Then he seeks Adam and accuses him of having slept with his wife Helen. Although Adam shyly denies, Anthony just pursues his plan and demands a temporary role reversal in order to be able to spend a romantic weekend with Mary. Only when he promises to disappear from Adam's life afterwards does Adam reluctantly agree to it.
While Anthony is traveling with Mary, Adam drives to Anthony's apartment. The doorman thinks he's Anthony and lets him in. He indicates that he would like to visit the nightclub shown at the beginning, but will no longer receive the key for the front door. When Helen comes home, she recognizes Adam by his insecure behavior. In bed she discreetly lets him see this and later asks him to stay with her. Adam cannot sleep and asks Helen's forgiveness. Meanwhile, Mary notices that something is wrong with the supposed Adam. She breaks off intercourse with him and they drive back. While Helen and Adam make love, Mary and Anthony fight in the car and get violent. The car skids, hits a pillar and both of them die.
Adam now lives with Helen and opens the confidential letter addressed to Anthony. It contains a key to the night club. Adam plans to go there. When he was looking for Helen, instead of her he came across a huge tarantula, which shrank back in fear, and looked at her with disappointment.
production
Canadian producer Niv Fichman acquired the film rights to the book The Double after producing the 2008 film adaptation of Saramago's novel The City of the Blind . Enemy was filmed in Toronto and Mississauga , Canada from May to July 2012 . Filming locations included the CineSpace Film Studios and the Scarborough Campus of the University of Toronto . The film was produced by the Canadian companies Rhombus Media and micro_scope and the Spanish companies Roxbury Pictures and Mecanismo Films. The budget was 7.985 million euros.
Enemy is director Denis Villeneuve's first English-language film, which he made before his Hollywood debut, Prisoners . He was influenced by Stanley Kubrick's films while working on Enemy . Cinematographer Nicolas Bolduc used color filters to give the film a yellow-brown hue. The film should reflect the claustrophobic feeling of the novel. Everything from architecture to air should seem strange and dangerous. Bolduc explains:
"We wanted the audience to feel the dust, humidity and pollution."
"The audience should feel the dust, moisture and air pollution."
Bolduc was inspired by the political thrillers of the 1970s, particularly the work of Gordon Willis in Witness a Conspiracy . This can be seen from the occasional use of the zoom during settings . Production designer Patrice Vermette selected buildings in the brutalist style for the film , which were intended to underline the film's New World concept.
The Canadian company Rodeo FX created 60 takes with visual effects for the film, including doubling the lead actor Jake Gyllenhaal. In the scenes in which both doppelgangers appear, Gyllenhaal played opposite a tennis ball that represented the eye area of the doppelganger. The giant spider shown in the film was created by combining a real and a computer-generated spider. It was modeled on the sculpture Maman by the French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois . The cityscape of Toronto has been enhanced with the help of Matte Paintings .
Differences to the book template
When filming the doppelganger, director Denis Villeneuve deviated significantly from both the novel and Javier Gullón's script. According to Villeneuve, the film is inspired by the book, but not a strict adaptation . Here are the most striking differences:
- The film adds the introductory scene in the sex club to the story.
- The cinematic leitmotif of the spiders does not appear in the novel.
- In the novel, Helena is not pregnant.
- In the novel, it is technically significant that the main characters are always clean-shaven, since they try to disguise themselves with beards and to distinguish themselves from the doppelganger; in the film the two bearded people are.
- Particularly controversial is the decision to leave out the surprising end of the novel in which another doppelganger reports to Tertuliano (Adam), which suggests a future loop. However, like the film, the novel ultimately has an open ending.
- Since the film is set in contemporary Toronto, the characters here have English names:
| book | Movie |
|---|---|
| Tertuliano Máximo Afonso | Adam Bell |
| António Claro / Daniel Santa-Clara |
Anthony Claire / Daniel Saint Claire |
| Maria da Paz | Mary |
| Helena | Helen |
publication
The film premiered on September 8, 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival , where it was shown in a special presentation . It then ran at other film festivals in Italy , the Netherlands , Sweden , Spain , the United Arab Emirates and the United States . Enemy was shown in seven German cities at the Fantasy Filmfest Nights in March 2014. The American pay-TV provider DirecTV has been offering the film on-demand since February 6, 2014 . The regular theatrical release took place in the USA and Canada on March 14, 2014 and in Germany on May 22, 2014 with capelight pictures. Enemy was released in Germany on October 10, 2014 on DVD and Blu-ray . The 3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition also contains Villeneuve's film Polytechnique as a first German home cinema release. On May 16, 2014, the American music label Milan Records, in cooperation with the Warner Music Group, released the film music composed by Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans in Germany on CD and as a download.
interpretation
Denis Villeneuve interprets Enemy in his production notes as follows:
“A man who wants to leave his mistress and go back to his pregnant wife must confront his worst enemy: himself. Saramago decided, with all his ferocious humor, that this man should be in competition with another version of himself. In the dark spaces of his mind, Adam deals with an obsessive sexuality that cuts him off from intimacy and therefore any hope of true love. In order to be able to return to his regular life, his narcissistic side turns against the object of his sexual desire and destroys it. "
“A man who wants to leave his mistress and return to his pregnant wife must face his worst enemy: himself. Saramago decided in his cruel humor that this man should compete with another version of himself. In the dark corners of his soul, Adam is dealing with an obsessive sexuality that cuts him off from intimacy and thus from all hope of true love. In order to be able to return to his real life, his narcissistic side turns against the object of his sexual desire and destroys it. "
The story is told from the perspective of the main character's unconscious. Main actor Jake Gyllenhaal explains how he interprets the end of the film:
"[A] real relationship with his wife, who is pregnant with their child. [...] To me, that was the beautiful hopeful ending. […] Now the irony of it is, […] the end is cyclical because no matter what we commit to in what we decide we want our lives to be, there's always the biological, psychological aspects that will torment us at times. "
“A real relationship with his wife who is pregnant with her child. […] This was the beautiful, hopeful ending for me. […] The irony is […] that the end is cyclical, because regardless of what we commit ourselves to, there are always biological, psychological aspects in our decision as to how we want our lives to be that sometimes torment us become."
Actress Sarah Gadon explains what she thinks the spider means at the end of the film:
“I think the spider is a physical manifestation of his fear of female intimacy. I think at this point in the film where he's able to achieve closeness with a woman, he freaks out and all of a sudden I turn into the symbol of his greatest fear. "
“I think the spider is a physical manifestation of his fear of female intimacy. At the point in the film where he is able to be close to a woman, he freaks out and suddenly I become a symbol of his greatest fear. "
reception
The film received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 60/100 based on 26 reviews, and at Rotten Tomatoes a rating of 74 percent based on 85 reviews. The acting performance of Jake Gyllenhaal and the direction of Denis Villeneuve were particularly praised.
The film was awarded the Méliès d'Argent for the best European fantastic film at the Sitges Film Festival . At the Courmayeur Noir in Festival he received the main prize, the Leone Nero (in German: Black Lion ) for the best film. Enemy was nominated in five categories at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards ( Best Director , Best Supporting Actress , Best Cinematography , Best Editing, and Best Score) and five other nominations ( Best Film , Best Leading Actor , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Production Design, and Best Visual Effects ).
Enemy grossed $ 1.0 million in North American theaters.
Web links
- Enemy at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Enemy at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Enemy at Metacritic (English)
- Enemy in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Enemy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2014 (PDF; test number: 144 255 K).
- ↑ Kevin Jagernauth: Exclusive: 'Enemy' Featurette Explores Adapting The Novel By The Maestro José Saramago . In: The Playlist , March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b Etan Vlessing: Denis Villeneuve's 'An Enemy', Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, to Shoot in Toronto . In: The Hollywood Reporter , May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Rodrigo Perez: TIFF Review: Denis Villeneuve's 'An Enemy' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Is A Haunting Look At Our Dark Desires . In: The Playlist , September 8, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Jason Gorber: TIFF 2013 Review: 'An Enemy' Explores Villeneuve's More Unique Side ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Twitch Film , September 16, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Rhombus Media: Enemy . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ To Enemy / Enemigo . In: Academia. Revista del cine español. , Issue 190, June 2012, page 48. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Nigel M Smith: Denis Villeneuve on Seeing 'Enemy' For the First Time at TIFF and Pushing Hugh Jackman to the Limit in 'Prisoners' . In: Indiewire , September 11, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Joseph Belanger: The Black Sheep Interview: Denis Villeneuve ('Enemy') . In: The Black Sheep , January 3, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Jon Silberg: Dead Ringers: Capturing the Surreal and Shadowy World of 'Enemy' ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Creative Planet Network , February 21, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ Rodeo FX: Enemy . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ James Gartler: Rodeo FX Enhances Villeneuve's 'Enemy' . In: Animation World Network , April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ↑ a b David Gregory Lawson: Interview: Denis Villeneuve . In: Film Comment , February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ Peter Debruge: Toronto Film Review: 'An Enemy' . In: Variety , September 20, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Olsen: Jake Gyllenhaal doubles down in 'Enemy' . In: Los Angeles Times , March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
- ↑ Fantasy Filmfest: Enemy ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ a b Jeff Sneider: 'Enemy' Trailer Finds Jake Gyllenhaal's doppelganger on the Loose . In: The Wrap , February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Entertainment One: Enemy ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ^ Filmstarts.de: Enemy . Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ AL! VE AG: Enemy ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ↑ AL! VE AG: Enemy (Blu-ray) (Limited Steelbook Edition) ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ↑ AL! VE AG: Enemy (3-Disc Limited Collector's Edition) ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ↑ Trevor Hogg: Friendly Persuasion: Denis Villeneuve talks about 'An Enemy' & 'Prisoners' . In: Flickering Myth , October 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ↑ Nigel M. Smith: Jake Gyllenhaal On His Evolution As An Actor and Why He Feels More 'Alive' Than Ever . In: Playlist , February 28, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Hilary Lewis: 'Enemy's' Sarah Gadon on Working With Two Jake Gyllenhaals and The Meaning of That Final Scene . In: Hollywood Reporter , March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ↑ Enemy at Metacritic (English)
- ↑ Enemy at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation: Sitges - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya . Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ^ Courmayeur Noir in Festival: Palmares 2013 . Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ↑ Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Feature Film Nominations by Category of Achievement ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ↑ Boxoffice.com: Enemy (R) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 13, 2014.
