The Blackout (1997)

The Blackout (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Abel Ferrara

Written By:
Abel Ferrara
Marla Hanson

Actors:
Matthew Modine ..... Matty
Claudia Schiffer ..... Susan
Beatrice Dalle ..... Annie 1
Sarah Lassez ..... Annie 2
Dennis Hopper ..... Mickey Wayne
Steven Bauer ..... Mickey's Studio Actor
Laura Bailey ..... Mickey's Studio Actress
Nancy Ferrara ..... Mickey's Studio Actress
Andrew Fiscella ..... Mickey's Studio Actor (as Andy Fiscella)
Vincent Lamberti ..... Mickey's Studio Actor
Victoria Duffy ..... Script Girl
Nicholas De Cegli ..... Miami Drug Dealer
Daphne Duplaix ..... Fly Girl (Daphne)
Mercy Lopez ..... Fly Girl (Jasmine)
Lori Eastside ..... That Girl

Synopsis:

Abel Ferrara's film caused a stampede when it was shown at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. That it is being released in 2001 says a lot about what the film promises, and what the film delivers. Matty (Matthew Modine) is a popular, pampered and prosperous movie star with the sort of substance abuse problems common to Mr. Ferrara's characters. The balance of the film is concerned with Matty's quest for forgiveness and redemption, a quest complicated by the fact that Matty has no clear idea of what he is atoning for. Like most of Mr. Ferrara's films, "The Blackout" takes place in a trance state - events are fuzzy, line readings even fuzzier. There are mysterious ellipses in the plotline and lots of droning electric guitar work on the soundtrack.

Matty is an actor with drink and drug problems. His girlfriend Annie leaves him, and his pal Mickey sets him up with another Annie, with whom he films Matty interacting as if she were the first Annie. Matty blacks out. Months later he is sober, living in New York, and with a new woman. But when he returns to Miami, he is plagued with memories of killing Annie while drunk. He resolves to discover exactly what did happen that night.

A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 January, 2009.

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