Release:
18 mei 2015
Director:
Alexandre Moors
Cast:
Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy, Romeo Must Die, True Crime)
Tequan Richmond (General Hospital, Everybody Hates Chris)
Tim Blake Nelson (Lincoln, The Incredible Hulk, The Astronaut Farmer, O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
April Yvette Thompson (The Accidental Husband)
Genre:
Drama
Year: 2013


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Blue Caprice


SYNOPSIS

The striking feature film debut of french writer-director Alexandre Moors, BLUE CAPRICE is a harrowing yet restrained psychological thriller about an abandoned boy lured to America into the shadows of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by true events, BLUE CAPRICE investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two killers, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. Marked by captivating performances by Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond, lyrical camerawork, and a unique and bold structure, BLUE CAPRICE documents the mechanisms that lead its subjects to embrace physical violence. BLUE CAPRICE paints a riveting portrait of 21st-century America and a haunting depiction of two cold-blooded killers that will endure long after the lights come up.


REVIEWS

  • Cinemagazine.nl: Door een losse, documentaire-achtige stijl toe te passen en geluidsfragmenten van de telefoongesprekken met de alarmcentrale, voelt de film echt aan. Er is altijd een kleine scherptediepte, alsof de mannen geïsoleerd zijn van de wereld en alleen zij ertoe doen. De filmmuziek is precies goed, niet dramatiserend, maar wel een zekere nadruk leggend door soms ook afwezig te zijn. Enkele beelden springen er cinematografisch gezien wel uit, zoals wanneer ze in de auto zitten en de lantaarnpaal een schaduw werpt van de regendruppels op het raam. Maar de ster van 'Blue Caprice' is de psychologie, en het onbegrip van de kijker. Het is vreemd om eens een film te zien waarbij je juist niet wordt uitgenodigd de hoofdrolspeler sympathiek te vinden. De jongen wordt zeer neutraal aanschouwd en gevolgd. 'Blue Caprice' is een letterlijk maar ook figuurlijk duistere film, waarin alleen het hoognodige wordt uitgesproken en in een oogopslag ligt al de halve plot. Een makkelijke film is het zeker niet. Lees de hele review hier.
  • The Hollywood Reporter: A riveting first feature of startling maturity and intelligence.
  • Variety: Precision-honed performances and a nonsensationalistic approach distinguish this impressive first feature from French helmer Alexandre Moors, which avoids pat explanations as it offers a speculative glimpse into murderous minds.
  • Village Voice: The key question is whether this procedural-as in, here we watch killers proceed-contributes to any greater understanding. I believe it does.
  • Slant Magazine: The filmmakers are more interested in questioning what brings people to commit senseless and merciless acts than they are preoccupied with the historical record.
  • Rolling Stone: Blue Caprice is a cinematic punch to the gut, a mind-bending meditation on how to mold a killer, and one of the most potent and provocative true-crime movies ever made.
  • New York Post: Blue Caprice takes a minimalist, documentary-style approach that proves harrowingly effective.
  • indieWIRE: Moors isolates a well-known drama with the fleeting nonfiction prologue and explores it from the inside out: It's not an attempted reenactment, but it does aim to get at certain truths.
  • The Dissolve: It finds no clear answers, but that suits both the horrific event and this haunting, elusive film.
  • NPR: Moors' film is at its best when it worries at notions of how evil is born, fostered and brought to bloom.
  • New York Observer: Blue Caprice, a disturbingly intimate look at the Beltway sniper attacks of 2002, isn't a horror film, but it certainly feels like one.
  • Movie Nation: Blue Caprice is a chilling portrait of motive, manipulation and mass murder.
  • Boston Globe: The film's a character piece with a tightening noose of suspense, and while it has its artsy-indie-dawdly moments, it's disturbing in ways that aren't easy to shake. Is the movie necessary? Do we need a "John and Lee: Portrait of Two Serial Killers"? Because it shines a light, however hesitant, into the cramped, resentful mind-sets that fester in the corners of America, I'd have to say yes.
  • Miami Herald: Blue Caprice only spends a few minutes reenacting their crime - the movie shows us exactly how they did it in just a couple of scenes - because the facts of the case aren't the movie's focus. Instead, this lyrical, frightening film is a portrait of a man consumed by self-hatred who decided to take it out on the world.

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