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Format: VHS
Dec 1992
Rated PG-13
Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
Sound: Stereo, Surround, HiFi
Closed Captioned
100 min.
Color
UPC: 097361512433 |
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Movie Description
Steven Soderbergh's follow-up to the hugely successful SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE is a dark thriller that follows a fictionalized realization of the influential writer Franz Kafka. Set in the early 20th century, the film begins with Kafka (Jeremy Irons) as a reclusive aspiring writer who works as a clerk in a huge, impersonal insurance company. When a colleague disappears under mysterious circumstances, Kafka's search for him leads him to an underworld of evil and corruption. At first he encounters Gabriela (Theresa Russell), a mysterious coworker who attempts to recruit him into her underground revolutionary organization, but his extreme sense of individuality won't allow him to join their group. As the days progress and Kafka receives the promotion that was intended for his colleague, his search leads him to a guarded mansion that turns out to be the cause of the city's rash of recent deaths. Soderbergh shoots KAFKA in an atmospheric black and white that adds tension to the already edgy mystery, shifting to color once Kafka enters the building in order to contrast the worlds even more. As the introverted Kafka, Irons is the definition of an unassuming man who finds himself caught up in a world that is far beyond his control.
Synopsis
Director Steven Soderbergh chose to follow up his critically acclaimed drama SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE with this moody, highly fictionalized tale about the Czech writer Franz Kafka. Kafka, a mild-mannered insurance clerk and amateur author, gets involved with a group of anarchists following the mysterious disappearance of a coworker, unleashing a web of events that would rival the author's own surrealistic tales. Featuring solid performances by Jeremy Irons, Ian Holm, and Armin Mueller-Stahl, KAFKA remains an atmospheric mystery with striking photography.
Film Notes
Released in New York City and Los Angeles for Academy Award qualification: December 4-10, 1991. Released theatrically in Los Angeles January 17, 1992, and in New York City January 24, 1992.
Filmed at Filmove Studio Barrandov and on location in Prague, Czech Republic, and at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, England.
Estimated budget: $12.5 million.
Filming began September 17, 1990; completed November 28, 1990.
Lem Dobbs's script was written more than 10 years before it was finally produced.
The film screened at the 1992 Palm Springs International Film Festival and the 1992 Sundance Film Festival.
Industry Reviews
"...Stunning..."
Film Review - Peter Travers
"...Intoxicatingly photographed by Walt Lloyd in elegant, exquisite black and white..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (12/04/1991)
Quotations
"Why don't you publish more often? Is it a certain laziness with regard to composition? Or are you just one of those writers with, how shall I say, no use for an audience?"--Dr. Murnau (Ian Holm), to Kafka (Jeremy Irons)
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