The Blackout

Name: The Blackout
Genre: Drama
Released: August 3, 2001
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Claudia Schiffer, Matthew Modine, Sarah Lassez

2001

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Trimark Pictures | Release Date: August 3, 2001 | R

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

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Abel 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. Read full review

David Sterritt

This 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. Read full review

Dave Kehr

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. Read full review

Emanuel Levy

Ferrara has made a film that's always visually arresting, but one that lacks emotional and dramatic sense -- a recurrent weakness in his work. Read full review

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amurabim.

Jan 8, 2006

Complicated, full of twists and turns and with a dislocated narrative, ferrara´s "blackout" is a decent movie from this acclaimed director. the plot is agile enough to get involved and interested in this kind of redemption story (but with a killer twist). matthem modine is the Complicated, full of twists and turns and with a dislocated narrative, ferrara´s "blackout" is a decent movie from this acclaimed director. the plot is agile enough to get involved and interested in this kind of redemption story (but with a killer twist). matthem modine is the trouble. his performance is so low and unsympathetic than i just hate him. dennis hopper is eccentric and overacted as usual and claudia schiffer is here... just because she can. editing and photography are stunning. ferrara use his technique to offer us a tragic story with an artistic conception. his trying to evoke french film "Nana" into his fake and porno film (in the kind of genre: film into the film) is amazing, weird and unique. i like it. it doesn´t care the bizarre, ferrara is bizarre enough to like you.… Expand

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