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- Starring: Béatrice Dalle, Claudia Schiffer, Matthew Modine, Sarah Lassez
- Summary: The American theatrical premiere of director Abel Ferrara's 1997 portrait of a young actor (Modine) whose drug and alcohol abuse leads to a personal breakdown.
- Director: Abel Ferrara
- Genre(s): Drama
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50Abel Ferrara's gift for getting actors to dredge up the ugliest muck in their souls and bare it onscreen is used to strong effect in this psychological thriller.
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50This isn't a Ferrara classic like "King of New York," but even his less- memorable pictures carry an eccentric kick no other director could duplicate.
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40Like 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.
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30Ferrara has made a film that's always visually arresting, but one that lacks emotional and dramatic sense -- a recurrent weakness in his work.
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