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8 Winds
USA 2021
produced by Dan Coplan, Sean Townley (executive), Eric Doctorow (executive), Don Rosenberg (executive) for Wonderful Sound Pictures
directed by Dan Coplan
starring Dan Coplan, Robert Davi, Leona Paraminski, Joe Sabatino, Heidi-Marie Ferren, Chris Game, Dana Joiner, Christopher Loverro, Roxy Shebastari, Calissa Hatfield, Juan Sanchez-Molina, Sokrates Frantzis, Chloe Diaz, Michael Hanson, Gaby Santinelli, Sage Porter, Jennifer Monce (voice), Crystal Ann Taylor, Robert Aldredge, Leonard Maltin
written by Dan Coplan, music by Roc Chen
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Charlie (Dan Coplan) is a down-on-his-luck documentary filmmaker who's
serious about his craft and able to turn out really powerful stuff given
the chance - but he's also always chasing after the next paycheck, so when
Russian oligarch Boris Levashov (Chris Game) hires him to interview
billionaire John T. Conover (Robert Davi), who has been living the last 15
years as a recluse and shuns all publicity, Charlie gladly accept, as the
money offered should get him through a whole year easily. He has no idea
how to find Conover though, and has only a couple of clues, one's a comedy
club, the other's a woman, America (Leona Paraminski) - and somehow that's
enough to attract the attention of Conover, who out of the blue invites
him to his yacht. And it turns out things couldn't go any better, not only
does Conover agree to do the interview, also that woman, America, falls
madly in love with him - and vice versa. Sure, it turns out she has a rare
blood disease and might die within weeks, but then it turns out he would
be the ideal donor for her. So everything couldn't be better - until, not
long after the interview Conover is been found murdered, Charlie's
apartment has been ransacked and all the footage he has taken has been
stolen, and somehow he has gotten in the middle of some big-time exonomic
conspiracy he hasn't even known existed, and it's right then when
America's condition suddenly worsens, and she needs Charlie's blood, now
...
An interesting mix of neo noir (with quite some parallels to
Roman Polanski's Chinatown), romance and melodrama that might not
move at the fastest of paces but is well-enough structured to keep one
interested throughout, and containing even more surprises than the usual
thriller of its ilk. And a subtle directorial effort that invariably
chooses story over spectacle, paired with a solid cast, keep things
down-to-earth and relatable to grant some nice, laid back genre
entertainment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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