Rage (I) (2009)

A young blogger at a New York fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone.

Director:

Sally Potter

Writer:

Sally Potter

Stars:

Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Simon Abkarian	...	Merlin
Patrick J. Adams	...	Dwight Angel
Riz Ahmed	...	Vijay
Bob Balaban	...	Mr. White
Adriana Barraza	...	Anita de Los Angeles
Steve Buscemi	...	Frank
Jakob Cedergren	...	Otto
Lily Cole	...	Lettuce Leaf
Judi Dench	...	Mona Carvell
Eddie Izzard	...	Tiny Diamonds
Jude Law	...	Minx
John Leguizamo	...	Jed
David Oyelowo	...	Homer
Dianne Wiest	...	Miss Roth

Storyline

A young blogger at a New York fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone.

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Plot Keywords:

blogger | fashion | title directed by female | photographer | one word title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fúria

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adventure Pictures, Vox3 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min 99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For her role as Mona, Judi Dench had to learn how to roll and smoke a spliff (joint with marijuana and tobacco).

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Quotes

Miss Roth: I do believe that life will become difficult for some people in this country in the near future. Indeed.
[listens to the shouts and taunts of people outside]
Miss Roth: It already is difficult and that's what the people outside... yes, that's what they're protesting about.

User Reviews

I liked it.

I greatly enjoyed this film and have no idea why all of the IMDb reviewers seemed so bitterly scorned by this production. I found so much of this movie to be funny, sad, or at least entertaining. I thought the writing felt honest and sharp, and i found the acting to be superb, because IT FELT LIKE I WAS WATCHING REAL HUMAN BEINGS. Everyone else who commented seemed to have a problem with the performances but i thought they felt authentic. I think we could probably all agree that some people working in the fashion industry might on occasion behave in a way that is a little over dramatic. So when the characters in this film are portrayed behaving in an overly dramatic way, as many of them are, it makes complete sense to me. I thought this was a really unique (I'm saying this because I haven't seen any other movie shot with only actors sitting infront of blue screens) way to tell a story and I was really glad I picked it up. A fellow reviewer complained that Rage was plot-less, but it felt as ambiguous as something a teenager might put together but still had cohesive elements strong enough to leave you, or at least me, with a sense of what transpired off camera, which I believe was the aim of the director. I mean, so it is rather beyond the scope of possibility that some teenage black kid got to interview all of these people, repeatedly, and did so while they were not trying to be interviewed. But I think the statement that, "Rage shows how ugly and downright wrong it is to allow the production, fiancé and distribution of 'anything goes' cinema," is a horrible and self indulgent criticism of a artistic work you didn't like. There are a lot of things down right wrong in this world; creative expression typically isn't one of them. And also that isn't how you spell finance.