May 29, 2014 night moves leaves too much in the dark in kelly reichardts ultimately unsatisfying new film, three environmentalists plot to blow up a dam in an act of consciousnessraising ecoterrorism. This night moves is like a suspense movie held in suspense. Jun 05, 2014 night moves isnt so much a thriller as thrillerish. Night moves is a 20 american drama film directed by kelly reichardt and written by reichardt and jonathan raymond, starring jesse eisenberg, dakota fanning, peter sarsgaard, alia shawkat, and james legros. After killing dena somewhat accidentally josh ends up somewhere in california and casually applies for a job at an outdoor shop, apparently trying to go under the radar. Featured at the 57th san francisco international film festival, night moves is a film directed by the queen of slow burn narrative kelly reichardt. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Private eye harry moseby has just discovered that his wife ellen is cheating on him when hes asked by exactress arlene iverson to find her 16 years old daughter delly whos left home.
Night moves features psychologist alex delaware and detective milo sturgis kellermans usual protagonists. Sep 25, 2012 night moves, the 20th in the doc ford series, is scheduled for publication in march and i know anyone who has read randy wayne whites books will want to snap it up. Night moves eschews traditional tensionbuilding through plot twists and betrayals to focus on its characters, as reichardt uses her increasingly impressive sense of composition and intuitive. In the thriller night moves, jesse eisenberg and dakota fanning appear to become uneasy about an ecoterrorism plot. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing night moves 1975 near you. White is prominent on my list of favorite authors because he creates unique and memorable characters to populate intriguing stories set around sanibel island, florida. In that case, its just the movie harrys wife was at the night he learns shes been having an affair. Released 1975, night moves stars gene hackman, jennifer warren, melanie griffith, susan clark the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A drama centered on three environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. Arthur penns direction is unbalanced in areas and his overall treatment of. I dont want to judge the movie too harshly overall, but i thought it was. Milo and alex set out to discover who the man is and who murdered him. Night moves tries hard to be subtle and artistic, but all it accomplishes is boring the audience for nearly two hours.
All are pilots except for mechanic quentin james woods. A new trailer of night moves, the upcoming drama thriller movie starring jesse eisenberg, dakota fanning, and peter sarsgaard, has been released online, watch it below. Kelly reichardts latest mixes ecowarrior action and dostoevskian guilt to potent effect. It stars gene hackman, jennifer warren, susan clark, and features early career appearances by melanie griffith and james woods. If you like movies like the long goodbye, theres a great chance you will love night moves.
An unidentified man is murdered and dumped in chet corvins house. Night moves is not considered to have been a commercial success at the time of its 1975 theatrical release. Even with all his years of experience, lapd homicide detective milo sturgis knows there are crimes his skill and savvy cannot. Night moves 20 plot summary 2 three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives. If you havent seen my night at mauds, it is unlikely you know about the central characters devotion to an idea or the great amount of screen time devoted to pascal and moral choice. Released 1975, night moves stars gene hackman, jennifer warren, melanie griffith, susan clark the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a. The ending of night moves came a little abrupt to me. Mar 30, 2014 a drama centered on three environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. Night moves understands itself as a cautionary noir tale of mean sheets, not mean streets. Night moves features early roles from melanie griffith and james woods. May 30, 2014 night moves eschews traditional tensionbuilding through plot twists and betrayals to focus on its characters, as reichardt uses her increasingly impressive sense of composition and intuitive pacing to slow burn the audience into a state of anxiety instead of manipulatively pushing them there. With gene hackman, jennifer warren, edward binns, harris yulin. On one hand, the movie is heavily filled with environmentalism.
Night moves 20 film night moves is a 20 american drama film directed by kelly reichardt and written by reichardt and jonathan raymond, starring jesse eisenberg, dakota fanning, peter sarsgaard, alia shawkat, and james legros. Everything you need to know about night moves movie 2014. Ultimately, what many of night moves most audacious script details and visual images go on to extrapolate from such material is a pessimistic interpretation of human life as an inexorable process of. It has a great little mystery, and a lot of twists. Parents need to know that night moves is a drama about a group of radical environmentalists attempting a dangerous protest. Reichardt uses space and tone instead of plot and character to tell this story of eco terrorism. Night moves 1975 arthur penn synopsis, characteristics. It is not hard to figure out why a young girl has run away from home when we see her mother, a washed up, alcoholic living in the hollywood hills. Night moves 1975 stream and watch online moviefone. Four men in the movie stunt business join together to smuggle precious mexican antiquities to the states.
The film follows three radical environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. Kelly reichardts suspensethriller night moves follows three environmentalists whose homegrown plot to blow up a controversial dam unravels into a journey of doubt, paranoia and unintended consequences. Michaels cuts his vacation short, and must work with britains mi6 in order to stop this threat. Hackman was nominated for the bafta award for his portrayal of harry moseby, a private investigator. One of the pilots, tom iverson john crawford, also has a charter business in the florida keys, used as a staging point for the smuggled goods.
The plot is very slow and the characters are uninteresting, shallow, and expressionless. Night moves isnt so much a thriller as thrillerish. Night moves, the fifth feature film from acclaimed filmmaker kelly reichardt, is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives. Night moves was released in 2014 on friday, may 30, 2014 in limited movie theaters. Night moves eschews traditional tensionbuilding through plot twists and betrayals to focus on its characters, as reichardt uses her increasingly impressive sense of composition and intuitive pacing to slow burn the audience into a state of anxiety instead of manipulatively pushing them there. I chose to watch night moves because jesse eisenberg is in it and i can tell you that this is one intense movie. Thats not to say that the movie which centers on a plot by a group of environmental activists to blow up a hydroelectric dam. Night moves is a 1975 american neonoir film directed by arthur penn. Mar 26, 2006 arthur penns night moves is about an oldfashioned private eye who says and does all the expected things while surrounded by a plot he completely fails to understand. I wont go into plot details or any of that, just know that the acting is superb, the script is really good and this film delivers an excellent performance. Night moves is worth a watch simply because of its noirlike plot and impressive lead performance from gene hackman. It is also offbeat and a just a little bit odd but not quirky. The movieclips trailers channel is your destination for the hottest new trailers the second they drop. Knight moves is a 1992 american thriller film, directed by carl schenkel and written by brad mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders.