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The Addiction
USA / Argentina 1995
produced by Denis Hann, Fernando Sulichin, Russell Simmons (executive), Preston L. Holmes (executive) for Fast Films
directed by Abel Ferrara
starring Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Imperioli, Jamal Simmons, Robert W. Castle, Michael A. Fella, Louis Katz, Leroy Johnson, Fred Williams, Avron Coleman, Lisa Casillo, Frank Aquilino, Nicholas De Cegli, Jay Julien, Chuck Jeffreys, Edward Conna, Nancy Ellen Anzalone, Susan Mitchell, Mary Ann Hannon, John Vincent McEvily, Bianca Pratt, Christina Campanella, Anthony Giangrande, Kevin Scullin, Heather Bracken
written by Nicholas St. John, music by Joe Delia
review by Mike Haberfelner
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On her way home from university one day, philosophy student Katherine (Lili
Taylor) is bitten in the neck by a weird woman (Annabella Sciorra), but
fortunately the wound is far from serious, let alone fatal. But while
the doctors at her hospital promise her quick recovery, she just feels
worse and worse, suffering from a feeling resembling that of cold
turkey. She only gets better when she, in the streets, finds a passed-out
drug addict with a blood-filled syringe still sticking in his vein,
which she takes home to inject the blood into her own vein. Soon she
realizes she is addicted to blood and sucks it indistinctively from
whoever she can get it, her professor, a fellow student, even her best
friend Jean (Edie Falco), until she meets another bloodsucker like herself
(Christopher Walken) who tells her he can teach her control her urge -
but ends up sucking her almost dry and leaving her bloodless out in
the streets, and only thanks to the blood of an innocent passer-by can
she survive that experience. But this experience, as well as her
addiction help her greatly in writing her thesis and getting her
degree in philosophy, and to celebrate this she invites many fellow
students, professors and the deacon to a reception - that ends in a
bloodbath. But Katherine needs to be careful, as one can overdose even
on blood ... Told at a deliberate slow pace, and every so often inserting philosophical ideas as possible interpretations
into the movie (but never making the mistake of selling them off as
facts), this movie bringss an exciting new twist to the equation of
vampirism and addiction (an idea not as new as it might seem at first
glance), since it does not tell merely of the euphoric highs but also
the lows of its addicted heroine, having her strung out and on cold
turkey during much of its playing time, which is beautifully brought to
life by a strong Lili Taylor in the lead. This all, plus the film's lyrical look
and feel, making great use of its decaying New York background while marrying
that marries horror, addiction and philosophy make this one pretty much a
must-see.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
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the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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