LOVE
a
film by Vladan Nikolic
USA/Serbia,
2005, 93 min.
Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Vladan Nikolic
Cinematography: Vladimir Subotic
Music: Standing in Lines, Sxip Shirey, Vladimir
Nikic
Producer: Jim Stark
Cast: Sergej Trifumovic, Geno Lechner, Peter Gevisser,
Didier Flamand, Liat Glick
www.lovethefilm.com
www.argotpictures.com
SYNOPSIS
In this stylish, atmospheric thriller, a hit man who learned his
deadly craft in the Balkan wars, his beautiful former lover, and
her police officer boyfriend all cross paths in lower Manhattan.
The looping, nonlinear narrative structure and crisscrossing fates
of its colorful characters may remind many of Pulp Fiction, but
instead of recycling the hipster argot and rap rhythm of that influential
L.A. story of more than a decade ago, Love gives us a wintry, present-day
New York City that is very much a cosmopolitan metropolis, a city
of immigrant hustlers and their Old World accents-the Yugoslavian
hit man, the German doctor, the French coquette, and the Neapolitan
crook, and many others. Love is all the more stimulating because
of the elegant simplicity with which it was made; aside from its
thriller plot, the spare visual composition and beautifully lit
scenes are alone more than reason enough to see this picture. From
its memorable scenes, which include a killing in a park to the Mexican
stand-off inside a church to the dimly lighted nightclub, where
an emcee in drag promises the jaded patrons 'music you've never
heard before,' this stylish crime tale makes the New York scene
glow with color-drenched beauty, menace, and mystery.
- Louis Chunovic
Vladan
Nikolic
Vladan
Nikolic is an award-winning filmmaker originally from Belgrade and
has lived in New York City since 1992. Before coming to New York,
Nikolic worked as a director for the first independent TV network
in Yugoslavia. He has also worked as writer, director, and editor
on shorts, feature films, documentaries, commercials, and music
videos. His awards include the TV Sarajevo Award and Zeta Film Award
for Best Screenplay (1987), Eastman Kodak Award for his short film
Serendipity (1992), Telluride Indiefest Best Film Award for his
feature Burn, and others. Nikolic also teaches film directing, production,
and digital filmmaking at The New School, Film Video Arts, and NYU.
His first narrative feature film Burn (2001) prompted Amy Taubin
of the Village Voice to write that 'Vladan Nikolic proves himself
a director to watch with this intense, nightmare thriller about
Yugoslavian refugees in New York.'
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