Clean, Shaven (1993)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Lodge Kerrigan

Writer:

Lodge Kerrigan (writer)

Release Date:

21 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Investigation | Sugar | Detective | Mental Institution

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Peter Greene	...	Peter Winter
Alice Levitt	...	Girl with Ball
Megan Owen	...	Mrs. Winter
Jennifer MacDonald	...	Nicole Winter
Molly Castelloe	...	Melinda Frayne
Jill Chamberlain	...	Teenager in Motel
Agathe Leclerc	...	Murdered Girl
Robert Albert	...	Jack McNally
Roget Joly	...	Police Photographer
René Beaudin	...	Boy on Bicycle
J. Dixon Byrne	...	Dr. Michaels
Eliot Rockett	...	Man on Ladder / Man in Jeep
Angela Vibert	...	Girl in Rain
Karen MacDonald	...	Girl in Rain
Lee Kayman	...	Bartender

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12 | France:-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

DSM III

Goofs:

Continuity: The policeman picks up a cigarette butt from the end table using a pair of tweezers. In closeup the burnt end is pointing up; the wider shot immediately after, when he brings it to his nose, shows the burnt end pointing down.

Quotes:

[last lines]
[over the transmitter of a fishing boat]
Nicole Winter: Hello, hello, Daddy, are you there? Hello, hello, Daddy, are you there? Hello. Daddy, are you there? Hello.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You: Clean, Shaven (#1.6)" (????)

astoundingly well made beautiful film

sorry, this isn't a Hollywood movie about schizophrenia, its not a killer/thriller, its not a gross~out picture, and its not boring. Not being schizophrenic myself i can't attest to the strict accuracy of the impression one is left with. All I can say for sure is that this is without question one of the most strangely beautiful, compassionate, powerful pieces of art i have ever seen.

The story is ultimately incredibly frustrating and deeply tragic, much like the life of its protagonist; poignant and scary start to finish. the cinematography captures the absurd beauty of the natural world and juxtaposes it with the terrifying strangeness of feeling utterly disconnected therefrom. Peter suffers from random auditory hallucinations, so we do to. He is deeply paranoid and almost utterly lost in the world; its clear someone is out to get him, and we are never sure whether he actually hurt anyone or not.

If you want to be spoon~fed something you've already experienced many times before, this isn't the movie for you. But if you appreciate being challenged, forced even, to see the world through a very different lens, you should really see this movie if you haven't already.