Rage (2009 American film)

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Rage
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Directed by Sally Potter
Written bySally Potter
Produced byRobert Hiestand
Andrew Fierberg
Christopher Sheppard
Starring Jude Law
Judi Dench
Dianne Wiest
Steve Buscemi
John Leguizamo
Lily Cole
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited byDaniel Goddard
Distributed by Cinetic Media
Release date
  • February 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)(Berlinale)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rage is a 2009 satirical mystery art film written and directed by Sally Potter, starring Jude Law and Judi Dench. The filmmakers said that the film created a new genre in filmmaking, called "naked cinema". [1]

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Premise

A young blogger at a New York City fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell phone.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear. [2] [3] [4]

The DVD was released on September 22, 2009, in the US, and September 28, 2009, in the UK. A special edition version of the DVD was released through the official Rage website.

Babelgum premiered the film on mobile phones and internet at the same time as the cinema and DVD release. Babelgum released Rage in the UK, North America, Australia, Italy, France, Germany and Spain. [5] [6] [7]

Rage is the world’s first feature film to debut on mobile phones. The movie was to be shown in seven episodes, beginning on September 21, 2009. The online screening began on September 28, 2009. [8]

Rage had its New York screen premiere on September 21, 2009, at “The Box”. [9]

Reception

The film was widely panned by critics, with criticism mostly focusing on its acting, direction, plot, script and length, as well as that it did not achieve its satirical intentions. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 29% based on reviews from 7 critics. [10]

It has been described as 'lame' and an 'indignant annoyance' by Leslie Felperin of Variety [11] and 'claustrophobic, repetitive and mostly ludicrous' by Richard Mowe of Boxoffice Magazine. [12]


In a rare positive review, Caryn James of Newsweek said 'you see how pertinent Potter is to the topsy-turvy world of filmmaking today, how smoothly she blends the cutting edge and the mainstream, how underappreciated she has been.' [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rage" strips down at Berlin, at Reuters, accessed May 7, 2009 Archived February 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Dave Itzkoff, Berlin Film Festival Announces Lineup, The New York Times, published December 12, 2008.
  3. ↑ Berlin Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine at sallypotter.com, submitted on 11/12/2008, accessed January 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ Competition: Rage Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine , Press Conference and Red Carpet, streaming video at berlinale.de, submitted on February 8, 2009, accessed February 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ RAGE ON BABELGUM Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , at sallypotter.com, submitted on May 15, 2009, accessed October 8, 2009.
  6. ↑ Peter Knegt, Potter’s “Rage” Finds Unique Home, indiewire.com, submitted May 11, 2009, accessed June 23, 2009
  7. ↑ Jeremy Kay, Rage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release, screendaily.com, submitted May 12, 2009, accessed June 23, 2009
  8. ↑ Coming to Babelgum on September 21st Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , accessed September 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ The Box Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , submitted September 22, 2009, accessed October 4, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Rage (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes .
  11. ↑ Felperin, Leslie (February 8, 2009). "Rage".
  12. ↑ "Boxoffice".[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "The Return of Sally Potter". newsweek.com. July 10, 2010.
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