No Such Thing (2001)

Regisseur:

Hal Hartley

Drehbuchautor:

Hal Hartley (written by)

Premierendatum:

15. November 2002 (Iceland)

Genre:

Horror | Drama | Fantasy | Komödie

Werbezeile:

A modern day fable.

Plot:

"No Such Thing" tells the story of a young journalist who journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancée only to encounter a mythical creature. She eventually forges a relationship with the being.

Plot Keywords:

Airplane Accident | Alcoholism | Crutch | Exploitation | Fire Breathing

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A Delicious, Quirky Little Film

Besetzung

Margrét Ákadóttir	...	Rental agent
Robert John Burke	...	The Monster
Julie Anderson	...	Beautician
Sarah Polley	...	Beatrice
Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir	...	Sólveig
Ilene Bergelson	...	Ethel
Guðrún María Bjarnadóttir	...	Marta (as Guðrún Bjarnadóttir)
Bessi Bjarnason	...	Captain
Helgi Björnsson	...	Leó
Julie Christie	...	Dr. Anna
Stacy Dawson	...	Mugger
Maria Ellingsen	...	Karlsdóttir / Gate-Manager (as María Ellingsen)
Anthony Giangrande	...	Journalist
Erica Gimpel	...	Judy
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson	...	First mate

Alternativ:

Monster (USA) (working title)
Skrímsli (Iceland)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief violence.

Länge:

102 Min

Produktionsland:

Iceland | USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Isländisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | USA:R

Drehorte:

Iceland

Firma:

American Zoetrope

Dies und das:

Burke described to Fangoria Magazine that he once decided to walk through downtown NYC in his Monster make-up, and no one gave him a second glance.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When the two men are shot in the airport, the imprint of one of the actors' "blood bag"s can be seen through his shirt.

Dialogzitate:

The Boss: The world needs to know!
Beatrice: Why?
The Boss: What?
Beatrice: Why does the world need to know how it feels to crash into the sea?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

A Delicious, Quirky Little Film

Maybe I don't get around much, but I've never seen a film quite like this before. It was original and hilarious.

I only have two complaints about this film, the ending is non-conclusive and there is no romance.

What we have is a sort of satire about monster movies.

A grouchy monster comes climbing up out of the sea near Iceland. He's in a bad mood, and he stays that way. He also has a very interesting, albeit foul-mouthed way of expressing his world-weariness with his life and human beings in general.

He needs to locate a certain weird scientist in order to solve his problems.

Enter the picture - a sweet and lovely young heroine, a reporter from a tabloid-style newspaper who is trying to find out just what happened to dear Jim, her fiancee and his camera crew from the same newspaper, who went up to Iceland about six months ago. Nobody's heard from them since, in fact, even the editor has kind of forgotten about them.

I really liked this film, and enjoyed how much the monster was featured in it.

Usually with monster movies, the monster doesn't speak, and all we get are just terrifying glimpses as the monster destroys someone or something else.

This is definitely a monster movie of a different sort.