High Life - four gangsters and one surefire thing
| Movie | |
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| German title | High Life - four gangsters and one surefire thing |
| Original title | High life |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Gary Yates |
| script | Gary Yates Lee MacDougall |
| production | Robin Cass Gary Yates |
| music | April Wine , New Order , et al |
| camera | Michael Marshall |
| cut | Jeff Warren |
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High Life - Four gangsters and one surefire thing is a crook comedy by Canadian director Gary Yates with Timothy Olyphant and Joe Anderson . The film is based on the play by Lee MacDougall . The premiere took place at the 59th Berlinale 2009 in Panorama .
action
It's 1983, ATMs have only just been introduced, people still carry PINs in their wallets, and it's deep winter in Winnipeg, Canada. The dullness of life and the desire for the daily dose makes a handful of junkies wonder how they can get as much coal as possible in the shortest possible time. Dick, Bug, Donnie and Billy - four shabby and slightly poorly poored petty criminals forge the oldest of all plans to quickly rob a bank. Only one thing stands in the way of escaping reality: you yourself. The perfect plan, which provides for emptying one of the new ATMs, seems to be developing in a different direction.
reception
"Black-humorous (junkie) comedy about the clash of traditional criminal methods and modernity, staged and played with a lot of spirits."
Julian Hanich from Tagesspiegel speaks in a short review of an “amusing, if not overly original, crook comedy”, into which “a good portion of Quentin Tarantino” and “a little Guy Ritchie humor” have been incorporated. Hanich mentions Stephen Eric McIntyre as the highlight of the film in the role of Bug, who stands out as a “shaggy, completely worn out creature”.
Location
The film was shot in various locations in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada.
Web links
- High Life - Four gangsters and a sure-fire thing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for High Life - Four gangsters and one surefire thing . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2011 (PDF; test number: 127 004 V).
- ↑ High Life - Four gangsters and a surefire thing in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ Tagesspiegel Berlinale Forum , accessed on June 3, 2018