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5 August 2008 (Netherlands)
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Madness. Mayhem. Mutilation. The masterwork of a serial killer.
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A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas. full summary | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
Dafoe, Sevigny to Topline Lynch's 'My Son'
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 6 February 2009, 11:45 AM, PST)
DVD releases for Tuesday December 9, 2008
(From QuietEarth. 8 December 2008, 1:43 PM, PST)
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 6 February 2009, 11:45 AM, PST)
DVD releases for Tuesday December 9, 2008
(From QuietEarth. 8 December 2008, 1:43 PM, PST)
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Good set up wobbles and falls flat in the final reel
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Willem Dafoe | ... | Stan Aubray | |
| Scott Speedman | ... | Carl Uffner | |
| Don Harvey | ... | Michael C. | |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Chief Lewellyn Brainard | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Blair Collet | |
| Amy Carlson | ... | Alexandra Fredericks | |
| Yul Vazquez | ... | Jorge 'George' Ruiz | |
| Clea DuVall | ... | Sandy Strickland | |
| Samantha MacIvor | ... | Crystal | |
| Billy Wheelan | ... | Young Man | |
| Paz de la Huerta | ... | Young Woman | |
| Desiree Casado | ... | Teenage Checkout Girl (as Desiree F. Casado) | |
| Robert C. Kirk | ... | Heavy-Set Detective | |
| Robin Goldsmith | ... | Stone-Faced Detective | |
| Marcia Haufrecht | ... | Diner Waitress |
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Rated R for disturbing grisly images, some violence and language.
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107 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Continuity: When Stan meets his former partner, he rolls down the window of his car on the passenger's's side. During this scene the height of he window is changes in every shot.
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A poison harms.
Stan: What?
Killer: A poison harms. It certainly does. You should know that - you've been poisoning yourself for years. Now that you've seen my work, I want some feedback. You and I both like the color blue, a pigment that was once quite precious. It's also the color of narcissism.
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Stan: What?
Killer: A poison harms. It certainly does. You should know that - you've been poisoning yourself for years. Now that you've seen my work, I want some feedback. You and I both like the color blue, a pigment that was once quite precious. It's also the color of narcissism.
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Why did the Uncle Eddie killer write DEAD on his victims?Is "Anamorph" based on a book?
Does this movie have anything to do with people who can turn into animals?
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Willem Dafoe is a troubled detective who is now teaching at the police academy. Years earlier he helped solve a series of murders that were laid out like works of art...especially when seen from a specific location. When a frisky couple knock into a door in their building they unknowingly step into a crime scene that once again has echoes to the earlier case. Dafoe is called in to take a look and it soon becomes clear that the killer is intent on bringing him into his ghoulish works or art.
I want to say this is Saw for the art set, but its not quite that. To be certain the murders are gruesome and very clever, but this film aspires to be more than a catalog of death and destruction. For the most part this is a good little thriller about a troubled man searching for a unique killer that he doesn't want to deal with since its opening too many doors he wants to keep closed (Dafoe's character is an odd duck. Points to the filmmakers for giving us a very odd man for a central character). For most of its running time I really enjoyed the film. The problem for me was that the ending didn't really come together. The film ends but it isn't really resolved, which considering how it ends makes sense but left this viewer (and my dad) going, thats it? It was a disappointment.
The real question is is the film worth seeing? Actually yes. The murders are unique and the film keeps Dafoe's character is worth seeing. I don't know if I had paid 11 bucks to see this on the big screen I would have been so forgiving, but on IFC in Theaters on cable it was worth the time.
6 out of 10 (because of the flat ending)