In this ostensible murder mystery, the genre elements are merely a pretext for the series of haunting (if inconclusive and only mildly erotic) homo-social encounters he stages. Starting with the familiar premise of the absent woman, so popular with Downtown filmmakers, Vogl drains his storytelling of any hints of noir stylization. Instead of nighttime scenes, slick streets, and dark alleys, he shoots documentary-style on the nondescript, sunlit streets of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and City Island in a manner that casually references the art-film angst of Michelangelo Antonioni.
Harald Vogl
Director
Patti Astor
Eric Mitchell
Diego Cortez
Earl Garrett Jr.
Jim Jarmusch
Gary Indiana
Raoul Mignuchi
Massimo Audiello
Susan Enslin
One Night at McCool's58%
Blue Velvet76%
Nightfall69%
Black Widow61%
Too Late68%
The Naked City72%
Panic62%
Sea of Love66%
Bad Influence59%
Sleep, My Love63%
The Two Jakes60%
Mr. Arkadin68%
Motherless Brooklyn66%
Under the Silver Lake63%
Reminiscence65%
Fallen Angel66%
Shadow of a Doubt74%
No Mercy58%
Bad Sister66%
Shuffle64%
