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Movie Description
Nihilism, violence and personal degradation rule the day as an American safe-cracker goes to Paris for a daytime bank heist, only to learn that his partners in crime are drug-addled losers. PULP FICTION producer Avary directs this time.
Synopsis
Zed's a safe-cracking ex-con who's just deplaned in Paris where he and his childhood crony, Eric, are going to mastermind a huge Bastille Day heist. Before his scheduled rendezvous with Eric, Zed spends $200 for a night with Zoe, an angelic, nymph-like prostitute. But their post-coital morning is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Zed's partner in crime, who treats Zoe like a disposable plastic doll.
On Bastille Day eve, Zed finally realizes his French connection doesn't believe in advance planning. Instead, Eric and his fraternity of drug-addicted pinheads initiate a non-stop, pre-heist round of drinking, heroin-shooting and pill-popping.
From the look of things, they may never pull this robbery off.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Avary - Director
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
Production Notes
International Sales: P.F.G.
Shown at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.
Additional credits: Michael Armani (set design); Cris Lombardi (camera operator); John Vohlers, Trey Batchelor, Jason Roberts (assistant director); and Richard Louderback (tattoo artist).
Shot in CFI color.
Copyright 1994 Killing Zoe Productions, Inc.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Industry Reviews
"...Deftly constructed and briskly paced..."
Entertainment Weekly - Glenn Kenny (01/27/1995)
"...A vivid thriller....Avary has concocted one of the most assured directing debuts in recent years with a film that demonstrates a one-of-a-kind sensibility well worth watching..."
Variety - Leonard Klady (01/24/1994)
"...The film moves at a fast clip, with its occasional surprises extending to stylistic flourishes as well as to plot twists..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (08/19/1994)
"...Writer-director Roger Roberts Avary does have a genuine gift for hysteria..."
Los Angeles Times - Peter Rainer (08/26/1994)
"...It's made with a kind of manic joy..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/09/1994)
Quotations
"Before we do a job, we live life!" -- Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade)
"I need to be treated like a dog." -- woman in black bra
"Sometimes you need the honesty and security of a whore." -- Zed (Eric Stoltz)
"['Killing Zoe'] is a movie about choice, and not choosing. About following, and control through hysteria, and lies of omission. It's largely my mind-state at the time when I wrote it, and how I was viewing the world." -- Roger Avary interviewed by Manohla Dargis, VILLAGE VOICE, 9/6/1994
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