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Mood:
- AtmosphericOffbeatStylizedCaptivatingExcitingMind BendingBittersweet
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Plot:
- FriendshipImaginary KingdomIsolationEscapadesImaginaryMind and SoulFriendsAdventurer more...
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Genres:
- DramaFantasyAdventurePeriod
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Time/Period:
- 1910s20s20th Century
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Place:
- Los AngelesHospital
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedCultBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- EpicSurreal
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Based on:
- Based on Film
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Look:
- Partly B&W
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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The Fall, 2006
English, Romanian
India, UK, USA
Profile of The Fall
The mood of The Fall is offbeat, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot centers around an imaginary kingdom, isolation, and imaginary themes. It is a drama, fantasy, and adventure movie. Stylistically, The Fall is epic and is surreal. In approach, it is serious. The pacing is slow. The Fall takes place, at least partly, in a hospital. The setting is Los Angeles. It happens in the 1910s and in the 1920s. Visually, The Fall is partly black and white. It is inspired by a film. The movie is known for being a cult favorite, a Berlin festival winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that The Fall includes violent content.
Summary of The Fall
After creating the visually impressive film THE CELL in 2000, director Tarsem Singh dropped his last name to become simply Tarsem. His follow up, THE FALL, is just as beautiful as his previous work and features a stamp of approval from David Fincher and Spike Jonze. Like those celebrated directors, Tarsem got his start in the highly visual medium of music videos, and THE FALL is appropriately one of the most striking films to hit the screen in recent memory. Set in Los Angeles in 1915, the story revolves around a five-year-old girl (Catinca Untaru) named Alexandria, who wanders around a hospital after breaking her arm. There she meets bedridden Roy (Lee Pace of PUSHING DAISIES), a Hollywood stuntman who is paralyzed after an ill-fated attempt to impress a woman. Roy beguiles Alexandria with a tale that mirrors his own failed romance but his imagination takes it to new levels. People in the hospital appear in the story à la THE WIZARD OF OZ, but it's a surreal, fantastic epic that enchants Alexandria and convinces her to bring morphine pills to Roy so he can commit suicide.
Based on the Bulgarian film YO HO HO, THE FALL is an excellent example of a triumph of style over substance. The plot is interesting and the acting is solid--particularly the work from first-time Romanian actress Untaru--but it's hard to pay attention to any of that when Colin Watkinson's cinematography and Ged Clarke's production design are so stunning. Though Tarsem is working in a vein similar to Guillermo del Toro and Terry Gilliam, THE FALL is a uniquely gorgeous work that will impress anyone who values beauty in film.
Details
| Language: | English, Romanian |
| Country: | India, UK, USA |
| Release date: | 30 June 2007 |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
Cast and Crew
as Roy Walker / Blue Bandit
as Alexandria
as Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
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USA Today
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- by: Claudia Puig
Washington Post
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- by: Ann Hornaday
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