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The Blackout (1997)

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A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

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Director:

Abel Ferrara

Writers:

Abel Ferrara (screenplay), Marla Hanson (screenplay), Christ Zois (screenplay)
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Awards

4 wins & 1 nomination.

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1 October 2001 | sanjay_varma
satisfying
I don't understand all the negative reviews at imdb about this movie. There are a lot of things I liked. First, the camera techniques are wonderful and capture that floaty feeling when a person is high, confused, and purposeless. Second, i love the idea of a person blacking out during a critical moment of their lives, and feeling the need to reconstruct the events in order to know themselves. This movie did a great job of using this device as the plot. Third, the ending came as a surprise...it is not revealed until the last 10 minutes and it comes as a surprise that feels quite right.

I might add that I loved the scene when Modine drinks again, alone in a hotel room, and feels that familiar, egotistical feeling, as if drinking and getting high are enough to make a person important or substantive.

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When Matthew Modine first read the script, he told Abel Ferrara that he thought it was horrifying.

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Matty: How do you answer a question that, you know, that...
Therapist: Have you looked at your life, are you satisfied with what and where you are in your life? What do you want to be different?
Matty: Ah, I want to be free... of my past. I want, I want...
Therapist: Well, what comes to ...

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One Fateful Day
Written by Abel Ferrara, Joe Delia
Performed by Gretchen Mol

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Genres

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Release Date:

11 June 1997

Language

English, French

Country of Origin

USA, France

Filming Locations

Miami, Florida, USA

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