The Proposition - Deadly Offer

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Movie
German title The Proposition - Deadly Offer
Original title The Proposition
Country of production Australia , UK
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Hillcoat
script Nick Cave
production Chris Brown
Chiara Menage
Jackie O'Sullivan
Cat Villiers
music Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
camera Benoît Delhomme
cut Jon Gregory
occupation

The Proposition (Original title: The Proposition ) is an Australian - British drama from 2005. Directed by John Hillcoat , the screenplay was written by Nick Cave .

The film tells the story of three brothers who lived in Australia in the 1880s as Bush rangers , outlaws from the early years of Australian colonization. Because of its themes, characters and imagery, The Proposition has often been described as an outback western.

action

Australia in the 1880s, a few days before Christmas. The Irish Burns brothers and their gang commit numerous robberies. Some gang members are killed in a shootout and Charlie and Mike Burns are overwhelmed by the security forces. Captain Morris Stanley, however, considers the oldest brother, Arthur Burns, to be the head of the gang, who must be eliminated. He promises Charlie and Mike impunity if Charlie kills his brother Arthur. Charlie agrees and Stanley lets him go without consulting his manager, Eden Fletcher. The youngest brother, Mike, still a teenager, remains in prison - he is said to be hanged on Christmas Day if Charlie fails to complete his mission.

Charlie goes in search of Arthur. Shortly after he leaves, Fletcher has Mike flogged. After 39 of 100 lashes, Captain Stanley defends the boy when he is already passed out. He throws the blood-smeared whip in the face of his boss and is fired.

Charlie fights on the way against the bounty hunter Jellon Lamb, who was set on the brothers. A little later he is overpowered by the Aborigines and only wakes up in his brother's camp. It turns out that he was saved by one of his brother's accomplices, Samuel Stoat. Queenie, a member of the gang, takes care of his wounds. Charlie has a few opportunities to kill Arthur but doesn't take advantage of them.

Lamb arrives at the gang camp and is shot by Arthur. Arthur tortures him before Charlie kills the man out of grace. Charlie then reveals the deal to his brother. The two brothers ride into town disguised as police officers with Samuel Stoat and free Mike from prison, who, however, dies a little later. While for Charlie the quick rescue of his little brother is in the foreground during the rescue operation, Arthur wants above all to get revenge. He and Stoat kill the prison guards in a particularly brutal way.

Then the two attacked Captain Stanley and his wife Martha. Arthur tortures Stanley, who is supposed to watch Stoat raping Martha. Charlie shows up, kills Stoat and eventually shoots his brother Arthur as well.

Reviews

Manohla Dargis wrote in the New York Times on May 4, 2006 that the film tells a story that is as cruel as it is aesthetically extravagant.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 19, 2006 that the characters were familiar - but the film was set in the Australian outback in a way he had never seen before. The film is merciless and uncompromising, full of pathos and neglected innocence. The performers would add human detail to the characters that would make them more terrifying.

Nev Pierce wrote for the BBC on March 9, 2006 that the "bloody, fascinating western" offers an entertaining look at human nature. Fletcher's character looks like a colonial caricature, but the other characters are more complex; they are played "great" . The relationship between the Stanley couple brings “sensitive humanity” into the film . One should see the film several times.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “gloomy” and “overwhelmingly photographed Australian western ballad” , which addresses the “ taking possession of an inexorable landscape” that characterizes the people of the country. At the same time it is a “timeless film about good and bad, right and wrong” .

Awards

The film won the Australian Film Institute Award in 2005 for cinematography, film music, costumes and production design . It was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for best film , for directing, writing, editing, sound and portraying Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and John Hurt. Benoît Delhomme as cameraman and composer won the 2005 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award ; the film for Best Picture , John Hillcoat, Nick Cave and Guy Pearce were nominated for the same award. The film as best feature film , the production design, the composers and the cinematography were honored with the IF Award . John Hillcoat, Nick Cave, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson and film editor Jon Gregory were nominated for the IF Award.

The film was nominated for a World Soundtrack Award in 2006. Nick Cave won an award at the Venice International Film Festival in 2006 . Ray Winstone received the 2006 San Diego Film Critics Society Award .

Emily Watson was nominated for the London Critics Circle Film Award in 2007. Nick Cave won the Chlotrudis Award in 2007 ; Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Danny Huston were nominated for the same award. The film was nominated for the 2007 Golden Reel Award for sound editing the music .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Queensland . The world premiere took place on May 11, 2005 at the Cannes Film Market . On September 12, 2005, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2006 and later other film festivals. It was released directly on DVD in May 2007 in Germany and Austria. The film grossed approximately £ 446,000 in British cinemas and approximately US $ 1.9 million in the US .

The singer and musician Nick Cave is friends with the director John Hillcoat (Hillcoat shot several music videos for Cave) and was initially only involved in the film as the composer of the film music . After the production of the film was delayed again and again, Hillcoat gave Cave the order to try his hand at the script. Cave finally wrote the script within three weeks.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for The Proposition - Deadly Offer . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2007 (PDF; test number: 109 098 DVD).
  2. ↑ cf. also review by Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian , accessed July 2, 2008
  3. ^ Eye for Film, review by Anton Bitel , accessed July 2, 2008
  4. ^ The New York Times , accessed January 11, 2016
  5. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed July 1, 2008
  6. ↑ Nev Pierce Review , accessed July 1, 2008
  7. ↑ The Proposition. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ^ Filming locations for The Proposition , accessed July 1, 2008
  9. ↑ Release dates for The Proposition , accessed July 1, 2008
  10. ↑ Box office / business for The Proposition , accessed July 1, 2008
  11. ↑ Nick Cave and John Hillcoat The Proposition Interview, February 27, 2006, accessed July 2, 2008