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Actors: Matthew Modine, Dennis Hopper, Béatrice Dalle, Claudia Schiffer, Sarah Lassez
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Blackout |
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THE BLACKOUT is a movie cowritten and directed by Abel Ferrara in 1997.
Matthew Modine, an actor with severe alcohol and drugs problems, is consulting a psychiatrist because he can't accept that Béatrice Dalle, his girlfriend of 5 years, has left him. Furthermore, Modine is persuaded that he has committed a murder while on drugs but suffers from a mental blackout on this particular event.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Blackout |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Brain/Body not working?
- amnesia
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Northeast
Water?
Yes
Water:
- drowning
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Miami
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- lesbians!
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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