Go (1999)

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Movie
German title Go! Life doesn't start until 3:00 a.m.
Original title Go
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Doug Liman
script John August
production Matt Freeman ,
Mickey Liddell ,
Paul Rosenberg ,
John August ,
Paddy Cullen
music Moby et al
camera Doug Liman
cut Stephen Mirrione
occupation

Go! is a film directed by Doug Liman and shot in the USA in 1999 . It was shown in German cinemas under the title Go! Life doesn't start until 3:00 a.m. , it's on DVD as Go! Sex, Drugs & Rave'N'Roll available.

action

Go! is an episode film that tells a story from three different perspectives. The connecting element is a drug deal, which begins harmlessly, but gets out of control due to the involvement of undercovercops, various gangsters and the inexperience of the main characters involved. The plot shifts from California to Las Vegas over the course of the film, which takes place over Christmas , where the storylines of the episodes converge.

The film is often compared to pulp fiction because of the subject matter and narrative style .

Reviews

Roger Ebert called the film a “clever black comedy” and pointed to parallels to Quentin Tarantino's films : “ This is an entertaining, clever black comedy that takes place entirely in Tarantino-land. “The KulturSpiegel also expressed its praise:“ Swingers director Doug Liman narrates three stories in a very unpretentious way, each of which would have enough power and wit to make a whole film. “The film-dienst, however, described Go as a“ poor film, which prepares and passes on badly simple outbreak fantasies, whereby it deprives itself of all comedic possibilities through its attempted surprise dramaturgy. ”While the magazine Cinema gave the equivalent of 4 out of 5 points The evangelical media service Plugged-in Online , which is part of Focus on the Family , has nothing to do with the film: Based on the sexual content, the depiction of violence and drug consumption and the use of around 50 F-words , editor Steven Isaac said: “ Positive Elements : None. "

Soundtrack

A particularly important aspect of the film is the music. New pieces were written for the soundtrack by artists such as Moby , Fatboy Slim , No Doubt and Natalie Imbruglia . Furthermore include Massive Attack , Leftfield and Lenny Kravitz represented.

resonance

Sarah Polley received the Canadian Comedy Award for her performance .

With a production budget of 6.5 million US dollars Go had! worldwide box office earnings of around 28 million US dollars. The film achieved greater success in the rental and purchase video business.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roger Ebert : Go. Review for the Chicago Sun-Times , April 9, 1999.
  2. ↑ Gernot Gricksch: Go - Life doesn't start until 3:00 a.m. In: Cinema , accessed February 3, 2008.
  3. ↑ Steven Isaac: Go. In: pluggedin.com , accessed on February 3, 2008 (English).