Steve Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Brick, the dynamic debut feature from writer/director Rian Johnson, won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision. Brick, while taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery, here wittily and bracingly immersed in fresh territory - a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school. There, student Brendan Frye's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) piercing intelligence spares no one. Brendan is not afraid to back up his words with actions, and knows all the angles; yet he prefers to stay an outsider, and does - until the day that his ex-girlfriend, Emily (Emilie de Ravin of Lost), reaches out to him unexpectedly and then vanishes. Brendan's feelings for her still run deep; so much so, that he becomes consumed with finding his troubled inamorata. To find her, Brendan enlists the aid of his only true peer, The Brain (Matt O'Leary), while keeping the assistant vice principal (Richard Roundtree) only occasionally informed of what quickly becomes a dangerous investigation. Brendan's single-minded unearthing of students' secrets thrusts him headlong into the colliding social orbits of rich-girl sophisticate Laura (Nora Zehetner), intimidating Tugger (Noah Fleiss), substance-abusing Dode (Noah Segan), seductive Kara (Meagan Good), jock Brad (Brian White) and - most ominously - non-student The Pin (Lukas Haas). It is only by gaining acceptance into The Pin's closely guarded inner circle of crime and punishment that Brendan will be able to uncover hard truths about himself, Emily and the suspects that he is getting closer to. Trailer : http://www.focusfeatures.com/viewer.php?f=brick&c=trailer&ext=mov&w=480&h=270 http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/3094/posters/poster1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaNDiNi Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Vu hier. Une bonne surprise ! Un film noir transposé dans un lycée avec les clichés du genre qui arrivent à sonner différemment. Un scénario peut-être un peu trop touffu/confus parfois mais une mise en scène pleine d'idées et une très bonne ambiance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benj Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 c'était cool, sans plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 J'ai bien aimé celui-ci. Petit bémol pour le rôle de Lukas Haas auquel on ne croit pas trop. Sinon, bonne surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burialoftherats Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 mes 3 potes et moi ont a deserté la salle apres 40min d'ennui ferme devant ses persos dont on se fout, tout comme l'histoire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Léo Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) Beaucoup aimé ce curieux croisement entre film noir, teen movie et manga seinen. Bon les défauts sont légions, à commencer par un scénario assez confus et tordu. C'est pas crédible pour un sous non plus et si la mise en scène est globalement inventive, il y a quand même des plans un peu pétés et des idées qui tombent à plat. Après ça transpire l'amour du genre, le casting est top et c'est étonnement violent et immoral pour un film que j'imagine destiné aux ados de 2005. En tout cas la proposition est originale et radicale et le film ne tombe pas dans le piège de l'exercice de style pur et dur. Rian Johnson est devenu bankable depuis. J'ai pas vu ses deux prod Netflix ni son Star Wars mais j'ai un bon souvenir de Looper. Edited March 5 by Léo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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