Slipstream (2007)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Slipstream |
| Original title | Slipstream |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | approx. 96 minutes |
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| Director | Anthony Hopkins |
| script | Anthony Hopkins |
| production |
Stella Arroyave , Robert Katz |
| music | Anthony Hopkins |
| camera | Dante Spinotti |
| cut | Michael R. Miller |
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Slipstream is an experimental feature film released in 2007 . Directed by Anthony Hopkins , who also wrote the screenplay, starred and composed the score.
action
Slipstream has no plot in the usual sense, but operates with set pieces from various genres, which are assembled in a more associative than narrative way, so that the film shows some similarities with works by director David Lynch or also with "Stay" by Marc Forster . Playing with the meta level is particularly important. Anthony Hopkins portrays the screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer, whose script is used to make a gangster film in the Mojave Desert . From the beginning, the levels of reality are mixed up. The main actor in the film dies on the set , after which Bonhoeffer is asked to rewrite the script. At the same time characters from his script appear again and again in his own life, which is getting increasingly out of control. On the one hand, he is under increasing pressure from producers, on the other hand, he is increasingly suffering from a loss of orientation and a lack of concentration. The people around him then become more and more aware that they are film characters themselves. And finally, some scenes seem to indicate that Bonhoeffer is just fantasizing about everything. But there is no explanation or resolution, up to and including the last scene there is no indication of which information is reliable and how the individual levels have to be weighted. The result is a film that cannot be followed with the usual expectation of wanting to filter out the plot, because the scenes do not complement and explain each other, but each stand on their own.
Design
The content of the dismantling that Slipstream is doing is reflected in its form. Even by the standards of modern thriller or action cinema, the film is unusually fast and hectic edited, so that the settings do not mesh seamlessly, but rather that noticeable transitions arise (e.g. when a sports car changes color from one setting to the next). The heterogeneity of the aesthetics is also striking. Alienating stylistic devices such as graininess, slow motion, overexposure, still images or high-contrast black-and-white shots change in rapid succession and increase the irritation caused by Slipstream .
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 26, 2007 that the film was the most experimental film of the year. It is an attempt to visualize the state of mind of a dying man. Hopkins did an impressive job.
Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the film was a failed, confusing experiment. It has been compared to Mulholland Drive - Street of Darkness .
Awards
Anthony Hopkins won the Youth Jury Award of the International Film Festival of Locarno and was nominated for the Golden Leopard nominated.
backgrounds
The film was in Los Angeles , in Palm Desert ( California ) and in Yucca Valley turned (California). It was presented on May 20, 2007 at the Cannes Film Market on the sidelines of the Cannes International Film Festival . On May 29, 2007 it was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival , and on October 14, 2007 - at the Chicago International Film Festival . The screenings in the selected cinemas in the USA began on October 26, 2007. In Germany, the film did not come into theaters and was marketed on DVD from June 25, 2010 .
Web links
- Slipstream in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Slipstream at Rotten Tomatoes (English)