Ink (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Ink |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 106 minutes |
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| Director | Jamin Winans |
| script | Jamin Winans |
| production |
Jamin Winans Kiowka K. Winans Laura Wright |
| music | Jamin Winans |
| cut | Jamin Winans |
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Ink is a 2009 American fantasy film directed by Jamin Winans with a budget of approximately $ 250,000. It was co-produced with Kiowka K. Winans by their own independent production company, Double Edge Films, and filmed by cinematographer Jeff Pointer on locations near Denver.
The film premiered on January 23, 2009 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival . It has also been shown at the Cancun Film Festival, where it won the Best International Feature Award, and in a variety of independent film theaters in various cities across the United States.
action
The film begins with John, a stressed businessman, who hurries into his car, drives off and suddenly curses loudly to himself, only moments before another car drives over a red light and an accident occurs. When John passes out, he begins to dream of playing with his young daughter Emma. At first he is reluctant and hesitant, but when she pretends to be kidnapped by a monster, he changes his decision and saves her. The dream then fades out.
In some scenes it is shown that people exist on a different level than ours. There are fighters who are called storytellers and who give people their most beautiful dreams with a touch on the forehead. On the other hand, there are the Incubi, whose faces are covered with monitors that reflect an artificial joy, and whose shadows give people their worst nightmares. That night, however, a new being, a drifter named Ink, appears. Despite the best efforts by some storytellers, Ink manages to kidnap Emma from home, leaving her physical body in a comatose state. During the fight, however, one of the drifter's drum breaks and without the code, Ink cannot enter the portal through which he originally wanted to lead the girl.
Meanwhile, John works to salvage a deal he had been working on but which is now threatened by an offer from a competing company. Ron, his father-in-law, enters John's office to inform him that Emma is in the hospital. Although he is visibly close, John remains very serious and it is learned that after his wife dies, her parents had obtained custody of Emma because John had alcohol and drug problems due to his grief. He throws Ron out of his office while something dark seems to float above him.
In the meantime, the three storytellers in charge of Emma - Allel, Gabe, and Sarah - decide to work with the blind pathfinder Jacob to find a way to physically awaken Emma from her coma. A fourth storyteller, Liev, tries to prevent Ink from handing the girl over to the incubi in order to become an incubus herself. The code he needs to get into headquarters is being held by two other drifters who he needs to find and get him to hand over their piece of code. After a fight between Ink and Liev, Liev gives up to save Emma's life. As they set out on their way, Liev tries to calm Emma down and make her braver by telling her that in this world she would transform into a brave lioness. After Ink has been to both drifters, Liev manages to slowly work his way into his emotions. She realizes that Ink does indeed have a consciousness and a soul, but because of his suicide he came into this world disfigured and full of scars, desperately trying to alleviate his suffering, which he thinks he achieves by becoming an incubus himself .
When the three arrive at the Incubi's headquarters, Liev tells Emma that she has now completely transformed into a lioness and is much braver. When Liev confronts the leader of the Incubi, she is stabbed and fatally injured.
Jacob reveals to others his ability to feel what he calls the "beat of the world" in order to bring about physical changes in the real world. Through a chain reaction, he causes various minor accidents that lead to a car going through a red light and, as shown at the beginning of the film, colliding with John's car. Then they rush to the scene of the accident and drive away an incubus that whispered bad thoughts in John's subconscious and he is taken to the same hospital as Emma. After he wakes up and realizes he is near her, he ignores his important business meeting as he remembers how happy his life was before his wife was killed in a car accident - thoughts that the dark forces are over wanted to keep him away. Incubi appear and fight the warriors while Allele follows and protects John as he walks to Emma's room. Jacob, on the other hand, leaves the hospital to run to a device that other storytellers are supposed to call for support. Finally, John reaches his daughter's room and sits down next to her.
While John's return to Emma affects both the past, the present, and the future, Ink goes through a great realization. He remembers how he was at the important meeting and successfully completing his project. Emma died in the hospital, after which John slipped into solitude. He becomes more and more depressed until he finally commits suicide and shoots himself. He falls into the astral world as a distorted image of his former self. Ink hears Liev whispering his name "John" when she dies. When his memories return, Ink attacks the Incubi and thus saves his daughter - similar to the dream at the beginning of the film. He faces them and kills one after the other while the storytellers also fight with the Incubi in the hospital. After the fight is over, Emma recognizes her father in Ink and they hug.
In the hospital, Emma wakes up to find that her father is sitting next to her and is holding her hand. They hug while the storytellers were able to defeat the Incubi after the support arrived and are now standing in the doorway undiscovered, but conscious of victory.
Background or trivia
- Jamin Winans wrote the script, directed, edited the film and wrote the score himself for Ink .
- Every Ink DVD or Blu-ray Disc that you buy from the official website is hand-signed by Jamin Winans.
- Ink quickly became very popular in the piracy scene, and according to TorrentFreak , a file-sharing news site, Ink was downloaded through BitTorrent about 400,000 times in a week . Winans turned to the scene and said that he welcomed the piracy because of the incredible advertising effect and thanked the fans of the film. This in turn led to an increase in DVD and Blu-ray sales.
- In December 2009, Ink was published on the Hulu video portal .
Film music
The soundtrack for the film was released with the film and was also written by Jamin Winans. According to his own statement, about 50-75% of the music was done before the film was shot, which Winans said was helpful both for the rhythmic scenes and for giving the actors a feel for what the atmosphere of the film should be . The soundtrack is available for purchase on the official homepage as a CD via Amazon and iTunes .
criticism
Critics Robert Abele ( Los Angeles Times ) and Lisa Kennedy ( Denver Post ) rated the film positively.
Web links
- Ink in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ink in rotten tomatoes (English)
- Official website for the film (English)
- Unofficial fansite with interviews etc. (English)
- Official film trailer on youtube.de (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filmmakers Jamin Winans and Kiowa Winans on LA Talk Radio's Film Courage
- ↑ Santa Barbara Independent Article on Ink Premiere ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2010 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.
- ^ "2033", "Entre nos" e "Ink", premiadas en las secciones competitivas de Cancún
- ↑ a b Indie Movie Explodes on BitTorrent, Makers Bless Piracy . torrentfreak.com. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ↑ Interview with Jamin Winans about the Ink soundtrack ( memento of the original from January 8, 2011 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.
