Film noir (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Film noir |
| Original title | Film noir |
| Country of production | United States , Serbia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
D. Jud Jones , Risto Topaloski |
| script | D. Jud Jones |
| production | Miodrag Certic |
| music | Mark Keller |
| camera | Radan Popovic |
| cut | Namub Elephantine |
Film Noir is the title of an animated film from 2007 that, drawn in black and white, has some color effects. For example, water, neon advertising, lipstick, nail polish, blood or the pupils are colored. The film is classified as neo-noir and contains typical features of a crime film from the 1930s. The protagonist also acts as a narrator.
action
The protagonist wakes up next to a dead police officer with a gun in his hand. He has lost his memory and nothing that lets him infer his identity. Only a mobile phone, on which mysterious people often call him, gives him some clues.
Before the police arrive, he leaves the crime scene and goes in search of his identity. In the hope that nobody is there, he drives the dead policeman's car to his house, only to burst into his surprise birthday party with ten other policemen and his family.
With difficulty he manages to escape from there. Another call on his cell phone tells him that his last name is Ruben. He finds the name Ruben in a phone book; it is a private detective. He immediately goes to Ruben's office, where he only finds his secretary, who does not recognize him as Ruben, but as someone else. The protagonist asks to meet Ruben, but according to his secretary, Ruben is on a business trip. As soon as he has left the office, his cell phone rings and Rubens' secretary tells him that a certain David Hudson has just asked for him. So his name is David Hudson and for whatever reason he has Sam Ruben's cell phone with him.
He does further research into his old life and finds out that David Hudson is a drug dealer and a sadist. Pretty much all people he meets either want to kill him or despise him from the bottom of their hearts. Not only unknown people, but the police are still chasing him for the murder of a policeman. He escapes to his apartment and meets the real David Hudson there who puts a bullet in his chest. But instead of dying, a neighbor takes him to the hospital and nurses him back to health there.
It all comes back to him, he is really Sam Ruben and has paid a doctor to make his face look like David Hudson's, so that it can infiltrate the people around him. He was promised a million if he tracked down David Hudson, but since many want Hudson dead, his face was doomed. After his recovery, he finds the reason why he was put on Hudson, who had filmed how an important manager had participated in a ritual murder, and blackmailed him with it. It is clear that this man also put the killers on him. When, after further research , he gets his hands on this snuff film , he puts the manager behind bars and leaves town.
Production and publication
The film was directed by D. Jud Jones, who also wrote the script, and Risto Topaloski at EasyE Films. The producer was Miodrag Certic and the music was composed by Mark Keller. The artistic direction lay with Raymond Penn.
The film premiered at the Belgrade International Film Festival on March 2, 2007. This was followed by screenings at other festivals in Europe and America. In 2008 the film noir was released in Greece, Hungary and Mexico.
Synchronizations
| role | English speakers |
|---|---|
| Hero / Sam | Mark Keller |
| Angela / Stripper / Mrs. Lopes / Police Dispatcher | Bettina Devin |
| Detective Riley / Dr. Kaplanski / Bearded Man / Honest George / Dr. Barnes / Bank Director / DaVinci / TV Reporter / Krumb | Roger Jackson |
| Randall Stern / Gatekeeper / Thug / Cashier | Jeff Atik |
| Samantha | Kristina Negrete |
| Susan | Victoria Ryan O'Toole |
| TV reporter / Krumb's wife / dancer / receptionist | Elaine Clark |
| Krumb's daughter / dancer | Amy Provenzano |
Reviews
The lexicon of international films judges that film noir is not able to convince because of its “crude 3D design and its over-constructed plot”.
Web links
- Film Noir in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Film Noir. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed July 18, 2011 .