The Blackout

1997
18
1h 38m

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5.4/10

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Dennis Hopper, Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer, and Béatrice Dalle in The Blackout (1997)

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A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are b... Read allA debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.A debauched Hollywood movie actor tries to piece together one wild night in Miami years earlier which remains a drug-induced blur, and soon finds out that some questions about his past are best left unanswered.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
When Matthew Modine first read the script, he told Abel Ferrara that he thought it was horrifying.

Quotes
Mickey Wayne: It's not a question of "Did I"? It's "Do I remember"?

Connections
Featured in Especial Cannes: 50 Anos de Festival (1997)

Soundtracks
Miami
Written by Bono (as Paul Hewson), Adam Clayton, The Edge (as Dave Evans), Larry Mullen Jr.
Performed by U2

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6/10

I lived "The Blackout"

Back in the hazy days of grip/electric life, I got a call to work as the BB Grip on my 2nd (and last) Abel Ferrara film - "The Blackout". I accepted the gig with one non-negotiable caveat - I would never be willing to enter what I term "the meat grinder" (defined as any space within 150 feet of the madman auteur). "The Blackout" IS Abel Ferrara....albeit a PG-13 version. In a sense, the experience of making the film was an act of performance art...art lived as actual "life" or perhaps life lived as a Bosch nightmare...on the one hand, it was genius; on the other, pure madness. What remains is a snippet of documentary into the soul of AF.