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Mood:
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- Police InvestigationLove TriangleMurderArtists and ShowbizDangerDeadlyEscapadesLaw Enforcement more...
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- CrimeDramaMysteryNeo NoirPeriodThriller
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- 20th Century40s
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- CaliforniaHollywood
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The Black Dahlia, 2006
English, German
Germany, USA
Profile of The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia can be described as gloomy, atmospheric, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a police investigation, a love triangle, and power relations. The main genres are drama, crime, and mystery. In terms of style, The Black Dahlia is neo-noir. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Black Dahlia is located in Hollywood. It takes place in the 20th century. It is based on a book. Note that The Black Dahlia involves strong violent content, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of The Black Dahlia
Based on the novel by James Ellroy, Brian De Palma's THE BLACK DAHLIA stars Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart as a pair of LAPD detectives assigned to the most notorious murder in Hollywood history. De Palma takes things slow, spending a good 20 minutes establishing the relationship between Buddy Bleichert, Lee Blanchard, and their mutual love Kay (Scarlett Johanssen), before introducing the 1947 murder after which the film is named. In the haunting screen-tests left behind after her mysterious death, aspiring actress Elizabeth Short appears to want fame so badly she'll do anything to get it. Her pornographic film appearances, and a rumored affair with narcissist heiress Madeleine Linscott (Hillary Swank), provide just two clues in a sea of confusion.
THE BLACK DAHLIA crams every subplot from Ellroy's novel into two hours, but only connects them towards the end of the movie. The screen-tests featuring a sadly desperate Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) are captivatingly filmed in gritty black-and-white. These scenes succeed in showing the industry ugliness most likely behind Elizabeth's death, while the rest of the film self-consciously strives to be noir through elaborate set design, dramatic camera angles, and narration taken straight from the book. If De Palma's goal was to make us examine our own voyeuristic fascination with murder, particularly the gruesome murder of a beautiful young woman, then he succeeds, because throughout a film invested in so many different storylines, Short's remains the most interesting one.
Details
| Language: | English, German |
| Country: | Germany, USA |
| Release date: | 15 September 2006 |
| Runtime: | 121 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert
as Kay Lake
as Madeleine Linscott
as Lee Blanchard
as Elizabeth Short
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Critics Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Kirk Honeycutt
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Users Reviews
- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
- Netflowers rated this movie
0/10
- 26.April.2010
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- by: masloprojekt
- masloprojekt rated this movie4/10Disappointing
