Hard-drinking private investigator John Rosow goes searching for "the place beyond right and wrong" in this moody, post-9/11 indie film noir. Rosow's adventure starts conventionally enough: a client's beautiful secretary is the early-morning envoy for a well-funded, no-questions-asked surveillance job. But as the PI hits the road for noir capital Los Angeles, he predictably begins to suspect something strange about the assignment. After navigating a seedy collection genre characters (kidnappers, Mexican drug lords, dirty cops, duplicitous molls), Rosow finds the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center-and a tragedy of his own-at the heart of the mystery. Director Noah Buschel favors deep shadows and static camerawork, but is confident enough to inject the occasional Technicolor dream sequence that soaks the film with a gritty eeriness. The uncanny tone and twisty plot ensures that, regardless of who is found and what is discovered to have been lost, one question will remain: who exactly is the missing person? —Aaron Lazenby
Running time: 95 Country: US Category: US Cinema Directed by: Noah Buschel Producers: Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain Screenwriter: Noah Buschel Cinematographer: Ryan Samul Editor: Mollie Goldstein Cast: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Linda Emond, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Colin
Ticket Code: MISS17R
Print Source: Strand Releasing 6140 Washington Blvd
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Screening:
Sat. Oct 17th, 2009 @ 5:30 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
