The Falling (1998 film)

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

The Falling (1998 film) - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Falling
Directed by	Raul Sanchez Inglis
Written by	Raul Sanchez Inglis Simon Barry
Produced by	Greg Malcolm Vicki Sotheran
Starring	Christopher Shyer Nicole Oliver Rob Lee
Cinematography	Gregory Middleton
Edited by	Kelly Herron
Music by	Chris Ainscough
Production company	Sodona Entertainment
Distributed by	Domino Film & Television
Release date	July 29, 1998 (1998-07-29)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The Falling is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Raul Sanchez Inglis and released in 1998.^[1] The film centres on a love triangle between Lars (Christopher Shyer), Karis (Nicole Oliver) and Morgan (Rob Lee).^[2]

The film unfolds in three segments, each representing one of their own perspectives. Lars meets Karis in a bar and takes her home for a night of passionate and uninhibited sex before Karis's jealous ex-husband Morgan arrives the next morning; Morgan sees himself as a gentle, loving man who is wounded by his wife's extramarital affairs; Karis envisions herself as an indecisive woman torn between two relationships with men she's not sure she loves.^[3] The film's triptych structure, with its shifting perspectives on how each of the three characters perceives the reality of the situation, was compared by critics to Rashomon, Run Lola Run and The Red Violin.^[4]

The film received a special industry screening in Vancouver on July 29, 1998,^[5] before having its official public premiere at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival in September.^[6] It went into commercial release in 1999.^[2]

Critical response

The film was not well received by critics. Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail called it "little more than a slick erotic thriller featuring model-pretty actors, who would be right at home on a U.S. adult cable station."^[3]

For the Toronto Star, Norman Wilner wrote that "in the end, it's left to cinematographer Gregory Middleton to redeem the picture as best he can. His formal compositions and atmospheric lighting give The Falling a big-screen sheen that obscures its movie-of-the-week turgidity."^[2]

Finbarr O'Reilly of the National Post was more positive, writing that "the film, shot in Vancouver, is veiled in shadows, and the ongoing rain, thunder and lightning often makes the sinister atmosphere feel like a bludgeon (Karis' bouffant hairdo and chunky earrings also make her look more like a middle-aged Rosedale matron than the funky urban chick she's meant to be). Still, it works in certain scenes where the saturated colours, muted trip-hop music and slow-motion camera work merge to symbolize the labyrinthine tunnels of the mind explored by the film."^[4]

Awards

Middleton received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999.^[7]

References

^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 74.
^ ^a ^b ^c Norman Wilner, "The Falling is trite". Toronto Star, November 12, 1999.
^ ^a ^b Liam Lacey, "Flashy erotic thriller keeps falling down". The Globe and Mail, November 12, 1999.
^ ^a ^b Finbarr O'Reilly, "Let me tell you my side of things". National Post, November 12, 1999.
^ Glen Schaefer, "Director hopes audiences fall for The Falling". The Province, July 31, 1998.
^ Malcolm Parry, "The Falling lands spot at Toronto film festival". Vancouver Sun, July 31, 1998.
^ John McKay, "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998.

External links

The Falling at IMDb

Categories:

Hidden categories: