Red lights
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Red lights |
| Original title | Red lights |
| Country of production | United States , Spain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rodrigo Cortés |
| script | Rodrigo Cortés |
| production | Rodrigo Cortés, Christina Piovesan |
| music | Victor Reyes |
| camera | Xavi Giménez |
| cut | Rodrigo Cortés |
| occupation | |
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Red Lights is an American - Spanish feature film directed by Rodrigo Cortés from 2012 with Cillian Murphy , Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro in the leading roles.
action
The film is about the young parapsychologist Tom Buckley, who is on the trail of a successful medium. This is Simon Silver, who used to be a star and is now making a comeback. So far, the only person in his profession has been able to prove no charlatanism by the sharpest critic of such stage shows (in which parapsychological phenomena are sold as real skills), the superior of the young scientist, Margaret Matheson . In search of the truth, the parapsychologists penetrate into ever more mysterious shoals. Matheson dies in the course of the investigation. After a private visit to the blind Simon Silver, Buckley, who is increasingly plagued by nightmares, does everything in his power to prove his cheating during a prestigious test for psychic abilities before Silver's abilities are confirmed as false and genuine. Meanwhile, he begins a relationship with one of his students, Sally Owen, who helps him with his work. The proof is finally achieved by evaluating the video recordings made during the tests; this clearly shows that Simon Silver has faked his blindness. In the showdown, conducted as an eloquent dialogue on and in front of the stage of a packed theater, it is implied that Tom Buckley himself has psychic abilities.
background
At the realization of Red Lights were film production companies Nostromo Pictures, Cindy Cowan Entertainment and Antena 3 Films involved.
The film was first shown to the public on January 20, 2012 at the Sundance Film Festival . The US theatrical release took place on July 13, 2012, and it was shown in German cinemas from August 9, 2012.
reception
On the Web site Rotten Tomatoes , the film in only 29 percent of reached reviewers a positive rating.
The lexicon of international films judged that the film had a star cast and was realistic, but that it was not very exciting and only used a few shock effects.
Web links
- Red Lights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Red Lights at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Red Lights . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2013 (PDF; test number: 133 266 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Red Lights . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ IMDb Company Credits Red Lights . Retrieved December 1, 2013 .
- ↑ IMDb Release Info Red Lights . Retrieved December 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Red Lights at Rotten Tomatoes (English). Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ Red Lights. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .