388 Arletta Avenue (2011)

Director:

Randall Cole

Writer:

Randall Cole

Release Date:

10 November 2012 (Japan)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker. |

Plot Keywords:

Stalker | Location In Title | Voyeurism | Boom Box | Raised Middle Finger

Cast

Nick Stahl	...	James
Mia Kirshner	...	Amy
Devon Sawa	...	Bill
Aaron Abrams	...	Alex
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Sherry
Krista Bridges	...	Katherine
Graham Abbey	...	Officer 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gerry Dee	...	Boss
Kyle Labine	...	Co-Worker #1
Daniel Lévesque	...	Felix
David Reale	...	Co-Worker #2
Martin Roach	...	Officer 1

Directed by
Randall Cole

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Randall Cole

Produced by
Steven Hoban	....	producer
Vincenzo Natali	....	executive producer
Derek Rappaport	....	line producer
Mark Smith	....	producer

Cinematography by
Gavin Smith

Film Editing by
Kathy Weinkauf

Casting by
John Buchan
Jason Knight

Production Design by
Peter Cosco

Art Direction by
Ian Hall
John Moran

Set Decoration by
David Edgar

Costume Design by
Patrick Antosh

Makeup Department
Peggy Kyriakidou	....	key hair stylist
Catherine Viot	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yari Azzopardi	....	third assistant director
Stephen Belanger	....	second assistant director
Bruce Speyer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jeremy Gillespie	....	second assistant art director

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Steph Carrier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sue Conley	....	dialogue editor
Krystin Hunter	....	assistant sound editor
David McCallum	....	supervising sound editor
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
David Rose	....	supervising sound editor
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Zenon Waschuk	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Mark Ahee	....	special effects coordinator
Ryan V. Hays	....	cgi visual effects

Stunts
Paul Rapovski	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Darren Boyce	....	key grip
Angela Chao	....	second assistant camera
Caitlin Cronenberg	....	still photographer
Gyorgy Darvas	....	24 frame playback operator
David Gibbons	....	gaffer
Terry Hooper	....	grip
Gautam Pinto	....	data management technician
Anthony Police	....	best boy grip
Chirayouth Jim Saysana	....	first assistant camera
Cactus Simser	....	best boy electric
Ken Woroner	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Janet Cavanagh	....	assistant costume designer
Liz Walter	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Kevin Downer	....	digital intermediate editor
Lee Hughes	....	digital intermediate project manager
Tom Mayclim	....	data wrangler
Cam McLauchlin	....	first assistant editor
Dave Muscat	....	digital intermediate editor
Trevor Pickard	....	data wrangler

Transportation Department
Barry Moyer	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Cynthia Amsden	....	unit publicist
Mike Bruce	....	location manager
Christina Buchli	....	legal
Jared Burton	....	location production assistant
Paul Chodirker	....	legal services
Donald Colafranceschi	....	assistant production coordinator
Jane Conway	....	animal wrangler
Donna Gardon	....	script supervisor
Morning Glory	....	digital media technician
Ben Levine	....	production assistant
Kati Moore	....	assistant location manager
Brian Morey	....	script development
Effy Papadopoulos	....	production coordinator
Shelley Pearson	....	production accountant
Jensenne Roculan	....	business affairs
Karen Sharp	....	first assistant accountant
Greg Whiteside	....	computer and video playback supervisor
Penelope Williams	....	production assistant

Thanks
Gregory Chambet	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Copperheart Entertainment

Distributors

• Albatros Film (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Interfilm (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (all media)
• Falcon Films (2013) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Optimum Releasing (2011) (UK) (all media)
• TF1 International (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2013) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production
• Klass Security and Investigations  location security
• Pinewood Shepperton  sound stages
• Pinewood Toronto Studios  facilities
• Tattersall Post Production  post-production
• Tattersall Sound  Avid rentals
• Tattersall Sound  post-production facilities
• Tattersall Sound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Japan:G | Singapore:PG13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Copperheart Entertainment

A Nutshell Review: 388 Arletta Avenue

Just when you thought the first person perspective, found/edited footage films can no longer reinvent itself, having possibly adapted itself to all kinds of film genres suitable for the medium, writer-director Randall Cole throws in one more into the hat, and quite brilliantly it's got to do with home invasion, being acutely that of privacy, which will irk even the most liberal amongst us, feeling icky that someone else has total coverage over everything about our lives, obviously without authorization. But its smartness stretched out its luck a little too far, and what began as an interesting premise soon gave way to implausibilities that tanked the entire story.

The cast list is pretty impressive though, centering around the couple James and Amy, played by Nick Stahl and Mia Kirshner respectively. But what we learn of their lives come courtesy of a stalker who voyeurs into their titular house, from a car inconspicuously parked on an opposite road. Armed with a recorder equipped with zoom lens and a directional microphone, we get to see, and hear, the couple's every move, and gain knowledge about their state of affairs and backgrounds.

Yes, the filmmaker has put us into the shoes of the perpetrator, and honestly it gets quite addictive as we listen in through more cameras and more microphones, no thanks to the perp gaining entry into their home, and mounting more hidden cameras, which extended to places like their car, and office computer. That's when things got stretched a little too far, as the film started to believe in its own arrogance, that it failed to work within its own constraints set up by the premise, and had to have you accept its brand of logic, making it from a premise that's possible and real (and therefore identifiable), to film fantasy.

The plot quickens after a while of static camera shifting, and this happens very frequently due to different cameras mounted at various vantage points around the house, that made the presentation one big channel surf by an attention deficit disorder sufferer. And this betrays the wafer thin plot about how Amy goes missing, and James being the wreck when he cannot locate his wife, relying on one of his suspects, Bill (Devon Sawa), to help get down to the bottom of things, and with Amy's sister Katherine (Krista Bridges) breathing down James' neck, suggesting that he has something to do with Amy's disappearance.

The brilliance came only in the last ten minutes, offering a reveal that we'd already know of, and making us aware of the shoes we've been stepping into the entire time. It offers an ending that's open to more follow up films, but unless the story takes precedence, this is going to languish in gimmicky territory despite a brilliant start. It's a gem of a genre waiting to be polished further, which is a pity it wasn't done so in time for this feature film to make its necessary impact.