Sunday, April 28, 2013

Deadfall (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2012)


Eric Bana in Deadfall


Deadfall is a classic example of a film that lives on the strenght of its director's virtuosity. Given a terrible script to work with, Stefan Ruzowitzky makes the most of it by focusing on the basics of each individual moment: how do you shoot a car crash? How do you shoot a murder? How do you shoot a sex scene? Taken as a whole, the film doesn't make a lot of sense, but moment to moment, it's beautifully realized.