Entries Tagged as 'Forensic evidence'
September 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Surveillance (2008)
Written by Jennifer Lynch & Kent Harper
Directed by Jennifer Lynch
Produced by Lago Film/ Arclight Films/ Blue Rider Pictures
Running time: 97 minutes
So, What’s This About?
Following a gruesome murder, FBI Special Agents Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) and Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) arrive at a rural police station to interview three witnesses. A drug whore (Pell [...]
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Tags: Black comedy · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Psycho killer · Road trip · Small town
Blade Runner (1982)
Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by The Ladd Company
Running time: 117 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In Los Angeles – overpopulated and choked in pollution – of the year 2019, the Tyrell Corporation [...]
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Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Famous line · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Man vs. machine
The Thing (1982)
Screenplay by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Directed by John Carpenter
Produced by Turman-Foster Company/ David Foster Productions/ Universal Pictures
Running time: 109 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In Antarctica, a Siberian Husky races across a field of ice. In the sky above, a [...]
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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · End of the world · Forensic evidence · Man vs. machine · Paranoia
The Player (1992)
Screenplay by Michael Tolkin, based on his novel
Directed by Robert Altman
Produced by Avenue Pictures
Running time: 124 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
Moving through a movie studio lot in a single take, several stories unfold. Executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) listens to a pitch from screenwriter Buck Henry for The Graduate Part 2. [...]
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Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Paranoia