Phone Booth (2002)
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/Super 35 81m
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell
Synopsis:
A smooth talking, manipulative and mendacious publicity agent struts the streets of New York with his protégé in attendance, making deals on his mobile phone but using a booth to fix a rendez-vous with a young actress he fancies. It is then that he falls victim to a vengeful and sanctimonious sniper.
Review:
The concept and the unities are applied with a calculated relentlessness, using jumpy editing and a very nervy Farrell to work up the tension. There are some nice uses of inserted images (a variation on split screen) and long lenses, but overall this is as pleased with itself as its unseen antagonist.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/Super 35 81m
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell
Synopsis:
A smooth talking, manipulative and mendacious publicity agent struts the streets of New York with his protégé in attendance, making deals on his mobile phone but using a booth to fix a rendez-vous with a young actress he fancies. It is then that he falls victim to a vengeful and sanctimonious sniper.
Review:
The concept and the unities are applied with a calculated relentlessness, using jumpy editing and a very nervy Farrell to work up the tension. There are some nice uses of inserted images (a variation on split screen) and long lenses, but overall this is as pleased with itself as its unseen antagonist.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe/Super 35 81m
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell
Synopsis:
A smooth talking, manipulative and mendacious publicity agent struts the streets of New York with his protégé in attendance, making deals on his mobile phone but using a booth to fix a rendez-vous with a young actress he fancies. It is then that he falls victim to a vengeful and sanctimonious sniper.
Review:
The concept and the unities are applied with a calculated relentlessness, using jumpy editing and a very nervy Farrell to work up the tension. There are some nice uses of inserted images (a variation on split screen) and long lenses, but overall this is as pleased with itself as its unseen antagonist.