Dennis Hopper directed, as well as acted in, this moody mess from 1989, which was barely seen for a couple of years until getting a boost from the rising fame of its star, Jodie Foster. Looking startlingly young, Foster plays a conceptual artist who witnesses a mob hit, thus becoming a target herself for an assassin (Hopper). But instead of killing her, Hopper's killer falls in love, demonstrating his passion by stalking her at a distance, "owning" her every move and keeping her in exile from ordinary life. The resulting isolation squeezes Foster's creative spirit, forcing her to confront doubt and self-loathing--everything that artists suffer as the price for self-expression. Deeply self-conscious, with a calculatingly meditative tone that becomes inseparable from Hopper's tenacious voyeurism (the film's most obvious commercial hook--Foster's nude scene--is almost prayerful in its pathology), Backtrack wants to be a confessional fable about the artistic process. Instead, it's a muted yet rambling confession about the sinner inside a filmmaker, which would be great if Backtrack were, say, Rear Window. But it surely isn't. --Tom Keogh
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Wow! I really loved the movie Backtrack. The movie is absolutely stunning with top-notch graphics and visuals while Julie Adams deliver some award-winning performances in this movie.
I also think John Apicella was great! The visuals and graphics make for some very realistic on screen special-effects but that is the beauty of the movie.When the movie wants to be funny it is funny, the same is true for when the movie needs to deliver its scary aspects.
I think Julie Adams and John Apicella worked wonderful in Backtrack. The great supporting cast includes Julie Adams, John Apicella, Clifford Bartholomew, Kevin Bourland, Carl David Burks.
I think Julie Adams and John Apicella worked wonderful in Backtrack. The great supporting cast includes Julie Adams, John Apicella, Clifford Bartholomew, Kevin Bourland, Carl David Burks.
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The Thief And The Cobbler was an incredible movie! Both Jennifer Beals and Matthew Broderick were amazing! The great cast includes Jennifer Beals, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette, Kevin Dorsey, Donald Pleasence.
The film tells a story which takes place in an oriental city from the tales of thousand and one night. It covers the friendship of a thief knowing all tricks to survive in the city and a poor cobbler/shoemaker who has to struggle in order to live.
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