Re: RARA-AVIS: Blast of Silence

From: sonny ( sforstater@yahoo.com)
Date: 10 May 2008


i saw the second showing during the festival (white and muller not in attendance). well worth seeing. i had never heard of it either. muller's short is another blast. the great lionel stander does the narration, btw.
 
--- Edward Pettit < epetti01@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Gonzalo Baezawrote:
> >Has anyone seen this movie? What a little noir gem.
>
> Yes. Had the pleasure of seeing Blast in a theatre during NoirCon in
> Philly last month. Mike White and Eddie Muller introduced it along with
> Muller's short film, The Grand Inquisitor.
>
> For those who haven't seen Blast, it contains a second person
> narration ("You walk the streets," etc) that sounds as if it's the
> conscience or psyche of the lead character, a hit man stalking his prey
> on the streets of NYC at Christmastime. It's shocking, and funny at
> times. Baeza's right, it's a real gem. And it's as noir as they come.
>
>
> I'm looking forward to getting the DVD so I can watch the docu and
> listen to the commentary. Mike White has a short review here:
> http://www.phillyfests.com/pff/film-details.cfm?c=197&id=7451
> and here's the trailer (the narration on the trailer is not from the
> film):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6ao0-4Ff4
>
> Ed
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