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kobvindex_ZLB15593217
Format:
1 DVD-Video (ca. 95 Min. + Bonus)
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DD/5.1 Surround
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16:9
Content:
Documentary seems an inadequate term to describe Bart Layton's densely plotted true-crime thriller, which mixes interviews with dramatizations to tell the gripping story of a 23-year-old French-Algerian who assumed the identity of a Texan teenager... The subject, Frédéric Bourdin, was given dramatic treatment in last year̷s poorly received and little-seen The Chameleon, which recounted a semi-fictionalized version of the same case. Layton's form may be non-narrative but he has structured and scored the film like a classic mystery, disseminating ambiguity, paranoia and dread in a manner as teasing as it is chilling... The clever use of blurred visuals and bursts of screen static add to the creepy feel of this unrelenting mind-bender, as does Anne Nikitin's insistently ominous score. There's also sharp use of songs by the Doobie Brothers, Cat Stevens and David Bowie to mark key moments in pseudo-Nick's American assimilation. The film ends on a suitably haunting note with Johnny Cash singing "God's Gonna Cut You Down." (Hollywood Reporter)
Note:
Ländercode: 2
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Orig.: Großbritannien, 2012
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Extras: Making The Imposter. Exclusive Q & A hosted by Jon Ronson with the director and the producers.
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Engl. Untertitel für Hörgeschädigte ; Audio description
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bourdin, Frédéric
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Hochstapler
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video
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