Blur (2007)

Artist Adrian Jonas toils in preparation for the biggest gallery opening of his career. The creative process takes Adrian deep into the depths of his mind, where he begins to experience ... See full summary »

Director:

Nick Briscoe

Writers:

Nick Briscoe, Nikki Forston,

Stars:

Salvator Xuereb, Michael Sorvino, Wendy Carter

Cast

Credited cast:
Salvator Xuereb	...	Adrian
Michael Sorvino	...	James
Wendy Carter	...	Iliana
Jana Kolesárová	...	Isis
Nicole Rayburn	...	Allyssa
Caroline Barba	...	Michelle
Joanne Baron	...	Penelope
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Mark McCullough	...	Police Officer 1 (as Mark McCullough)
Ivan Sanchez	...	Police Officer 2
Victor Velez	...	Colleague

Storyline

Artist Adrian Jonas toils in preparation for the biggest gallery opening of his career. The creative process takes Adrian deep into the depths of his mind, where he begins to experience premonitions of a terrible fate that awaits his beloved Iliana. Adrian grows to suspect that a mysterious neighbor is the phantom who means to harm his wife. Compounding the danger, a masquerade party planned for that evening allows unwanted guests to mingle unnoticed. As his premonitions begin to come true, Adrian races to interpret his visions while there is still time to cheat fate.

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Plot Keywords:

premonition | visions | phantom | party | neighbor | 

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Taglines:

Fear Thy Neighbor

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belvedere Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a three minute Steadicam shot in the film which tracks with Adrian across the exterior of the property, into the house, throughout the entire interior, up the stairs and turns into a dialogue scene in an upstairs bedroom. The shot required Director of Photography Paul Van Haute to simultaneously light nearly the entire location, while hiding all light sources from the moving camera. Steadicam operator David Taicher required only eight takes to pull off the extremely challenging shot.

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Quotes

Adrian: I don't subscribe to the concept of hell.
Isis: Oh, yes. You don't believe it exists.
Adrian: As an actual place? No. Hell to me is more of a devolution of the mind.
Isis: Well, I was raised Catholic which means hell has a zip code.

User Reviews

Intriguing

Although I was sketchy while first recommended via NetFlix, I decided to check it out. Let me first say, I am a HUGE Nicole Rayburn fan, I think she is highly underrated and i will watch anything she is in. Yes, I've seen "Candy Stripers" and "Boo!" The film starts out with this great title sequence showing these great art pieces... with vivid vibrant colors. We then are taken into the art infused work of Adrian Jonas, who is painting one of his pieces in preparation for his big show in SoHo. The day takes a turn for the worst when Adrian has a vision that something bad is going to happen.

The film is not what I expected, i seriously thought I was going to be watching a bad horror movie, with bad acting and bad dialog. I was pleasantly surprised when I was proved wrong.

The film is both intelligent and intriguing. I was taken into this world of this artist who could possibly be on the verge of something extremely creative or extremely terrifying.

It almost felt documentary-style. Almost like I was peaking into someone's private life, where I shouldn't be. Salvatore Xuereb was just astonishing, he really took the role to the next level and gave you such a great feeling. Wendy Carter was also great as the wife who may be in danger. Jana Kolesarova was a true gem and a surprise when she came onto screen. She really was the true standout for me personally. And of course, Nicole Rayburn was my personal favorite. I hope this girl does more, I really enjoy her.

At the end of this film, I was in shock. I couldn't believe what I just saw and I was blown away. After second viewing, I pieced more information together and I was extremely excited and enthusiastic.

I would recommend this film to everyone. This is a film that you want to talk about after you've seen it.