Un homme se débat avec les souvenirs de son passé, qui incluent une femme dont il ne se souvient plus et un monde cauchemardesque sans soleil.Un homme se débat avec les souvenirs de son passé, qui incluent une femme dont il ne se souvient plus et un monde cauchemardesque sans soleil.Un homme se débat avec les souvenirs de son passé, qui incluent une femme dont il ne se souvient plus et un monde cauchemardesque sans soleil.
- Récompenses
- 12 victoires et 19 nominations au total
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesA number of pieces of the set, including those used for the rooftop chase, were sold to the production of Matrix (1999) at the end of shooting.
- Gaffes(at around 1h 5 mins) When the glass partition is broken, a second sheet of glass is used to protect Jennifer Connelly. At slow speeds, John's hand is clearly visible reflected in this safety glass.
- Citations
John Murdoch: When was the last time you remember doing something during the day?
Inspector Frank Bumstead: What do you mean?
John Murdoch: I just mean during the day. Daylight. When was the last time you remember seeing it? And I'm not talking about some distant, half-forgotten childhood memory, I mean like yesterday. Last week. Can you come up with a single memory? You can't, can you? You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.
- Crédits fousThere are two different Panavision credits used: the "Camera Equipment: Panavision" credit, and after that, the "Filmed in Panavision" credit with "Lenses & Cameras by" above it, despite being shot in Super 35.
- Versions alternativesThe director's cut omits the opening monologue.
The film kicks off as a straightforward murder mystery, featuring the ever underrated Rufus Sewell (in a rare Hollywood good guy role) as a wronged man on the run from the authorities. So far so Hitchcock, but throw in a dogged cop (William Hurt, who's never been better) and a series of repugnant baldies led by the camp but excellent Richard O'Brien, and you have the recipe for one uniquely thrilling film.
There are missteps along the way, including the infamously bad judgement of the studio to include an opening narration which makes redundant all the genuine twists and surprises later on in the story, but for the most part this is an exhilarating slice of film-making and much more mature than the better known Keanu Reeves-starrer. Proyas elicits some fascinating performances from his assembled cast, including an alluring debut for Aussie starlet Melissa George, a creepy turn for British character actor Ian Richardson, a bug-eyed role for MAD MAX 2's Bruce Spence, Jennifer Connelly as a paragon of virtue and the surprisingly excellent Kiefer Sutherland, cast against type as a twitchy doctor whose role owes much to Peter Lorre. The special effects involving the buildings are superb and the film as a whole is a refreshingly original piece of sci-fi done on a grand scale.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Ciudad en tinieblas
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
- Voir plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 27 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 14 378 331 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 5 576 953 $US
- 1 mars 1998
- Montant brut mondial
- 27 201 335 $US
- Durée1 heure 40 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1