The Black Dahlia (2006)
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Duration: 121 minuten
Country:
United States / Germany / France
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson and Aaron Eckhart
IMDb score:
5,6 (80.586)
Releasedate: 15 September 2006
The Black Dahlia plot
"Inspired by the most notorious unsolved murder in California history."
In 1947, the lifeless and severely mutilated body of a young woman, Elizabeth Short, is found in Los Angeles. Two LAPD agents are assigned to the case, and Bucky, one of them, soon discovers that his own girlfriend had a connection to the victim. Moreover, the investigation soon leads to corruption in the police department.
Actors and actresses
Bucky Bleichert
Kay Lake
Lee Blanchard
Madeleine Linscott
Elizabeth Short
Det. Russ Millard
Ramona Linscott
Deputy DA Ellis Loew
Dolph Bleichert
Emmett Linscott
Reviews & comments
filmfan0511
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- 1125 messages
- 1164 votes
Not a good film, but that's not because of a lack of effort on De Palma (and crew) his side. For the majority of The Black Dahlia, I was anything but reluctant to watch. Nowhere a high flyer, but still a sufficient one. But in the last fifteen minutes that goes down a bit. The unnecessarily complex ending is quickly revealed, after which we quickly get to see The End. And that goes for the entire movie. De Palma wants to cram so much info and so many scenes into his film that it is often an overcrowded mess. Delete a few things and focus on the main plot, and you'd have had a better movie. Now everything remains very superficial, as well as the characters that you can never really fathom, and there is a main mystery that never really gets interesting. The directing and decoration was fine.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2365 messages
- 2119 votes
I expect a technically well-made film from Brian De Palma and that is no different here. The use of the colors is in the direction of sepia, sometimes gives the feeling that you are looking at an old postcard. That is on the one hand nice, on the other hand that excessively artificial perhaps creates some distance with the viewer (in my case). This, in combination with the care for the decor - first of all the many scenes in which blinds cast shadows - does provide a film noir feeling whether you like it or not. The script also does its best, comes across nicely confused, but in the end it all seems to make sense (admittedly I went over the plot afterwards). The director's cut lasts an hour longer and might have provided more clarity. But in the end a film noir can and must contain a certain muddle to keep the atmosphere going in my (very humble) opinion. The only thing I find a bit of a shame is the lack of empathy that the characters evoke. The characters and their relationships are all somewhat hypothermic and not inspiring. The film also seems to start very slowly. I even found the first hour on the dramatic side, but luckily a lot is made up for in the second half of the film and I still felt rewarded for watching this film. Strange that Josh Hartnett as a cop gets rid of Mia Kirshner on his own. Doesn't seem very smart for his career but hey probably we should hold James Elroy responsible for this.
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