Powder blue

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Movie
Original title Powder blue
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Timothy Linh Bui
script Timothy Linh Bui
production Timothy Linh Bui
Forest Whitaker
Ross M. Dinerstein
Bobby Schwartz
Tracee Stanley-Newell
music Didier Rachou
camera Jonathan Sela
cut Leo Trombetta
occupation

Powder Blue (Cross-reference: Powder Blue ) is an American drama from 2009 . Directed by Timothy Linh Bui , Jessica Biel , Forest Whitaker , Ray Liotta and Eddie Redmayne star in a story in which the lives of four people cross fatefully. For Patrick Swayze , who plays the sleazy nightclub owner Velvet Larry, it was the last film role.

action

Winter in Los Angeles just before Christmas. It is about the lives of four people, whose lifelines intertwine more, sometimes less, until Christmas Eve. The priest Charlie Bishop cannot overcome the accidental death of his wife through which he is responsible and longs for death. Rose Johnny dreams of a better life while working as a stripper to meet hospital bills for her son Billy, who is in a coma. Jack Doheny, on the other hand, was released from prison after 25 years and has to discover that the woman who was his great love has since passed away. Finally, there is Qwerty Doolittle, an introverted young man who inherited his father's ruinous funeral home.

Rose has a date in which she lays all hope, but which is dashed. Back at the motel where she lives, she discovers that the manager has released her dog. The animal was hit by Qwerty and taken home, where the young man lovingly takes care of the dog. Jack, in turn, meets on a bus with his former partner Randall, who gives him a suitcase full of money for being silent in prison. In this suitcase Jack finds a flyer from the Wild Velvet nightclub . Meanwhile, Charlie picks up the transsexual prostitute Lexus on the street, who he asks to shoot him, for which he wants to give her 50,000 US dollars. Stunned, she rejects this request and disappears. Meanwhile, Rose hangs up posters asking for clues about her missing dog.

A short time later, she has an appearance at Wild Velvet , where Jack sees her and recognizes his daughter in her. A flashback reveals that Jack has terminal stomach cancer.

Meanwhile, Qwerty tries to collect outstanding fees from his customers by phone when Charlie walks into his funeral home. After he has chosen a coffin, he now asks Qwerty to shoot him, but the latter also refuses his request indignantly after initial hesitation. Charlie then goes to a café, where he falls asleep and dreams of his wife's fatal accident. There the waitress Sally speaks to him, whom he later accompanies on her way home. Although she kisses him, he does not follow her request to come back to her apartment.

Rose, on the other hand, has a completely different problem and is angry that her boss Velvet Larry has scheduled her to strip for Christmas Eve. However, he makes it clear to her that if she refuses, she can look for a new job. When she leaves the nightclub, Jack speaks to her. She then dances for him in the “Blue Room”. When she tries to get closer to him, he pushes her away without further explanation.

When Qwerty sees the search posters that Rose has posted, he tears them all off. At the same time, Jack saves Rose from being held responsible for shoplifting and helps her pull her head out of the noose. After she reacts with anger, Jack can calm her down and get her to go to a café with him, where she tells him about her mother.

Qwerty, who is downright shy, passes out on a blind date, while Sally and Charlie meet again. When Charlie drives his car into the car wash a short time later, the car is stolen from him, which still contains the $ 50,000. A sequin of Lexus' dress in the wash basin causes Charlie to search for Lexus, where he learns that she is also suicidal.

Meanwhile, Jack visits Rose again at Wild Velvet and wants to hand over her plane tickets. When he tells her that he is her father, she overreacts and in her anger lets the club bouncers throw him out. She then tries to call the hospital to ask about her son, but no one answers the phone. She then drives there in a panic, but Billy's condition is unchanged. A doctor tries to make it clear to her that there is virtually no hope for her son, to which she in turn reacts with helplessness paired with anger. Jack followed her unnoticed and later visits his grandson in the hospital.

Rose receives some consolation, however, because Qwerty contacts her to give her back her dog. The two lonely people spend the night together. The next day Rose has disappeared, Qwerty drives to the nightclub and sees her dancing there, whereupon she breaks off her performance crying. When the young man tries to get on Rose, however, he is stopped by the bouncers. So he waits for her in front of the door and again they spend the night together. Meanwhile, Charlie has found Lexus and wants his money back. Lexus offers to comply with his request to kill him, but then shoots himself.

While Qwerty and Rose are enjoying their time together, Billy suffers a pulmonary embolism. Both Jack and the hospital try in vain to contact Rose. Billy dies that night. Charlie in turn dreams of his wife and finds his peace with God. Jack, on the other hand, froze to death in front of the Wild Velvet that night while he was waiting for Rose . Later at the hospital, Rose learns that he has paid all outstanding medical expenses for her son and has left her an envelope. The envelope contains two airline tickets around the world.

While Jack meets Billy in Heaven on a beach, Charlie makes an appointment with Sally, who has given him courage, and Rose invites Qwerty to travel with her.

Production, music, publishing

The film was shot in Los Angeles , California .

Music in the film
  • Heartbreak Hotel , text and composition: Mae Boren Axton , Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
    • Lecture: Studio Musicians
  • Amor Porteno , text: Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff, Philippe Cohne-Solal
  • Burn , by Grégory Chabasse & Jack Rotor
    • Lecture: Dream Electro
  • Blanket , text: Peter Akinrinlola, Imogen Heap
    • Lecture: Urban Species and Imogen Heap
  • Deck the Halls , traditional way, arrangement: Alain Leroux
    • Lecture: Studio Musicians
  • Collar Bone , Text: David Best, Stephen Lewis & Matthew Hainsby
  • Get Busy , Text: Vicky Karagiorgos & Ashley Anderson
  • Breathe , text: Steffen Aaskoven, Marc-George Anderson, Jon Anton Anderson, Torsten Jacobsen, Adam Seltzmayer & Sophie Barker
    • Lecture: Bliss
  • Never Meant to Hurt You , Text: Kuba Oms & Darren Glover
    • Lecture: Kuba Oms
  • It's Your Kisses , text and talk by Joe Faraci
  • O Christmas Tree , traditional way, arrangement and lecture Tamir Hendelman
  • Right Here, Right Now , text and lecture: Simon J. Hunter
  • The Werewolf , text: Michael Hurley
  • Flying with You , text and lecture: Saint Ler Roq
  • Since You've Been Gone , Text and Lecture: Steve Lang
  • Ride-Goldrush , Text: Alison Sudol & Aaron Zigman
  • The Woman Is the Way , Text: Patrick Muldoon & Neil G. Ives
    • Lecture: Patrick Muldoon, Ives, Pettus, Wollam
  • Danzo Bayamo , text and lecture: Manuel Barreras

The film was shown in selected cinemas in the USA on May 8, 2009. It was released on DVD in the US on May 26, 2009. On October 15, 2009 it was shown in Kazakhstan. It had its DVD premiere in Germany on October 23, 2009, published by Tiberius Film. It started operating in Russia on November 12, 2009. It has also been released on DVD or Blu-ray Disc in the following countries: Argentina, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom and France as well as in Brazil, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Portugal.

criticism

"'Powder Blue' is certainly not a big hit, but the confident acting actors, the gloomy photography and the appropriate musical background make it possible to overlook the script's weaknesses."

- Dirk Hoffmann, Zelluloid.de

January Hamm movie starts .com was of the opinion that the film has "all along the line fail". Hamm was unable to gain anything from the technique of “jumping around in fractions of a second between the most varied of topics, as is a matter of course in everyday surfing through the vastness of the Internet” and concluded: “A staging that contradicts the content and the embarrassing appearance of drama Titan Forest Whitaker ensure that the few good approaches of the pathetic big city drama simply fizzle out. After all, 'Powder Blue' should once again expand the critical vocabulary - namely with the 'Deadlink Movie'. "

Wulf Bengsch from medienjournal attested to the film that he “unfortunately took himself too seriously in parts” and thus “with the self-generated pathos”, which led to “some scenes appearing so laden with clichés and as if they had already been seen many times seen in this or a similar form ”. He confirmed that Ray Liotta and Jessica Biel had good acting performances, but Forest Whitaker was “used to better things” and his play remained “a little pale”. Ultimately, it should be noted that Powder Blue is “a good film”, “but not anymore”.

  • On Rotten Tomatoes , the film was rated 25% on the tomatometer. (As of December 16, 2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Powder Blue . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 226 V).
  2. ↑ Powder Blue (2009) at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
  3. ↑ Powder Blue , DVD subtitle: Hope can be found in the darkest places on DVDs with German soundtracks
  4. ↑ Dirk Hoffmann: Powder Blue. In: Zelluloid.de. October 17, 2009, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on September 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Powder Blue review by the Filmstarts.de editorial team. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Wulf Bengsch: Review: Powder Blue In: medienjournal-blog.de. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ Powder Blue at Rotten Tomatoes