Strange in the world

Movie
German title	Strange in the world
Original title	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2017
length	93 minutes
Rod
Director	Macon Blair
script	Macon Blair
production	Mette-Marie Kongsved , ; Neil Kopp , ; Vincent Savino , ; Anish Savjani
music	Brooke Blair , ; Will Blair
camera	Larkin Seiple
cut	Tomas Vengris
occupation
	Melanie Lynskey : Ruth Kimke; Elijah Wood : Tony; David Yow : Marshall; Jane Levy : Dec.; Devon Graye : Christian; Christine Woods : Meredith; Robert Longstreet : Chris Rumack;

Foreign in the world (original title I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore ) is an American crime film by Macon Blair , who makes his directorial and screenwriting debut with the film. Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood can be seen in the leading roles . The film celebrated its world premiere on January 19, 2017 as part of the Sundance Film Festival . On February 24, 2017, the film was shown for the first time on Netflix in Germany .

action

The depressed nursing assistant Ruth Kimke suffers from her living conditions and the ruthless behavior of many people. When she was broken into and the police remained largely inactive, she went on a search for clues herself. She is supported by her martial, but actually harmless and kind-hearted neighbor Tony. Ruth soon notices a change in herself. Her detective work on the trail of the burglar and his backers finally gives her life a new meaning. But Ruth soon realizes that she and Tony may have taken over the case, because they are dealing with a group of completely shabby and unscrupulous violent criminals.

production

Staff, cast and dubbing


Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey do their detective work together in the film

The director took over Macon Blair , who also wrote the screenplay for the film. It is the first film by Blair, who is actually an actor, that he directed and also wrote the script.

Melanie Lynskey took on the role of Ruth Kimke, who was initially depressed, while Elijah Wood played her neighbor Tony, who began investigating with her. Also starring are David Yow , Jane Levy , Devon Graye , Christine Woods , Robert Longstreet , Gary Anthony Williams and Lee Eddy to see. Macon Blair himself can be seen in a smaller role as a visitor to a bar.

In the German dubbing, Dorette Hugo Ruth Kimke speaks, and Timmo Niesner lends Tony his voice.

Filming and funding

The filming took place in Portland in the US state of Oregon . In April 2016 the film was shot in the neighborhoods of Woodstock and Brentwood-Darlington.

The film's producers are Neil Kopp , Vincent Savino , Anish Savjani, and Mette-Marie Kongsved of XYZ Films .

Film music

The score was composed by Brooke Blair and Will Blair , the director's two brothers. The soundtrack for the film comprises 22 tracks, has a total length of 55:29 min and was released on CD and as a download on May 12, 2017 by Lakeshore Records.

Title list of the soundtrack

Backyard - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 1:30
Go Away (To Paradise) - Jason Newman - 1:23
Ruth's Action Theme Part 1 - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 2:40
Ballad of Sissyfist - The Giraffes - 4:30
Bring Out The Bible (We Ain't Got a Prayer) - The Texas Sapphires - 4:14
Check My Grill - The Hot as Shits - 2:16
Three Point Stance - Bulletproof Moose, Antwine Jones, Wesley Adams - 4:11
Namesake Feature - My New Mixtape - 3:32
Campfire - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 2:05
History of Man - Amanaz - 2:58
Killer Sills - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 3:06
Open Sesame - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 0:37
Afraid of Love - Meli Sul - 3:08
Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo & The Bunnymen - 3:58
Ruth's Action Theme Part 2 - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 0:51
What Would Jesus Do? - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 0:41
Sweetheart - Aint Rights - 1:45
Bus Crush - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 0:50
Where's My Son? - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 2:45
Snake Island - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 4:14
Tony! - Brooke Blair and Will Blair - 1:22
Drinking From a Swimming Pool - The Graverobbers - 2:53

publication

The film celebrated its world premiere on January 19, 2017 in the NEXT section of the Sundance Film Festival and was there in the US Dramatic Competition. On February 24, 2017, the film was shown for the first time on Netflix in Germany .

reception

Reviews

The film has so far won over 89 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics . Peter Debruge of Variety says that Macon Blair has impressive control over the direction, but especially over the pace and atmosphere of the film. In addition, the sound design contributed by his younger siblings Will and Brooke Blair and the film music with its deep synthesizer sounds accentuated the film precisely. The film, according to Debruge, uses a mood that is reminiscent of films by the Coen brothers and snakes somewhere between a slowly developing tension and an absurd humor.

Matt Patches of Thrillist noticed Blair was not the first-person narrative amateur detective trying at one, but he is likely to be the first such only with cursing about octogenarians, ninja stars , Google -Montagen, tons of big-Red- Cobbled together cans, toilet seats, friendly raccoons, exploding body parts and the idiocy of humanity.

Luise Checchin from the Süddeutsche Zeitung thinks that from the moment Ruth and Tony meet the gang of burglars, the film will take a turn and from then on it will chase through the genres like it has become wild, from the black, humorous gangster clothes to the bloodthirsty splatter strips to the horror film including the wobbly camera - Chase through the forests of Oregon. Checchin explains that it seems as if the darkness that was fermenting in the depressed Ruth stepped out from then on, but the film does not claim that much depth, rather it simply describes a rebellion against an untenable state with the means of the absurd and speaks of a self-empowerment story .