Trois étudiants en cinéma sont portés disparus après s'être rendu dans une forêt du Maryland pour tourner un documentaire sur la légende locale de la sorcière de Blair, ne laissant derrière ... Tout lireTrois étudiants en cinéma sont portés disparus après s'être rendu dans une forêt du Maryland pour tourner un documentaire sur la légende locale de la sorcière de Blair, ne laissant derrière eux que des images filmées par leurs caméras.Trois étudiants en cinéma sont portés disparus après s'être rendu dans une forêt du Maryland pour tourner un documentaire sur la légende locale de la sorcière de Blair, ne laissant derrière eux que des images filmées par leurs caméras.
- Récompenses
- 23 victoires et 26 nominations au total
- Michael Williams
- (as Michael Williams)
- Waitress
- (as Sandra Sanchez)
- Interviewee with Child
- (as Jackie Hallex)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesHeather Donahue's mother received sympathy cards from people who believed that her daughter was actually dead or missing.
- GaffesThe three are lost in the woods but in one scene, about 25 feet behind them, a field can be seen through a small gap in the trees. The road is also visible as they try to find the trail.
- Citations
Heather Donahue: I just want to apologize to Mike's mom, Josh's mom, and my mom. And I'm sorry to everyone. I was very naive. I am so so sorry for everything that has happened. Because in spite of what Mike says now, it is my fault. Because it was my project and I insisted. I insisted on everything. I insisted that we weren't lost. I insisted that we keep going. I insisted that we walk south. Everything had to be my way. And this is where we've ended up and it's all because of me that we're here now - hungry, cold, and hunted. I love you mom, dad. I am so sorry. What is that? I'm scared to close my eyes, I'm scared to open them! We're gonna die out here!
- Crédits fousThe beginning and end credits are designed in the style of a documentary, e.g. jumping slightly, static instead of rolling credits.
- Versions alternativesIn October 2001, the FX Network aired this with "never-before-seen footage". This turned out to be a few segments spliced into the closing credits of Heather videotaping Mike saying goodbye to his friends and family, and Heather admitting culpability for the week's occurrences. Mike firmly states that it is not her fault, which is referenced in Heather's later confession to the camera in the theatrical version. Also, all profanities are overdubbed, especially a really bad "let's go" over Heather saying "f**k you" to Josh as he berates her about being lost and hunted on the dusk before he is taken away.
Many critics and moviegoers complained about the film for its length, its amateurish photography/editing, and its lack of adequate acting. I feel these things MADE THE MOVIE. First, the film has to be at most ninety minutes long: any more, and it would be too long and boring. Second, the amateur video take gives the audience the feel that they are actually in the woods, listening to the rippling water of the creek, snapping branches under their boots, and hearing things go bump in the night. I greatly admire the use of two video cameras (one black-and-white, the other color) to denote which character is shooting the film. Lastly, the incessant screaming of whiny Heather, the constant complaining of average-joe Mike, and the Dudley-Do-Rightness of Josh make for great acting. Yes, these are regular people and up-and-coming actors from your local community theater, but YOU KNOW THEM. You've met people like them.
The biggest complaint, however, comes from the film's supposed "lack" of scary moments. This film reminds me of the classic horror film "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," and though not as gory and as shocking as that film, "The Blair Witch Project" shows just enough fright in the group's search for a way out of the woods, stalked by people and/or things they may never understand. In the older film, the long interval between opening credits and first gory act of violence is about thirty minutes long; it is even longer here, but the suspense/fright (just as in the older film) begins right from the opening credits: you just don't see it until the film's over. These are three people out to make a documentary in the woods with handheld camcorders--these are REAL PEOPLE. And GREAT ACTORS. Heather whines a lot and screams and reminds you of the girl you hate so much you fall in love with her. Her screams sound real, her cries are genuine, and she is DEEPLY DEEPLY sorry for bringing the others into the woods in order to film her documentary.
I really dig the beginning. It seems so real to me I may delve into my old home movies for nostalgia. Heather and Josh pick up Mike, then go to the store for supplies. This opening sequence really packs a punch. These are three Generation Xers out for a camping trip. We all know what happens to them, but we're glued to the screen, intent to know what actually happens.
The interviews give us some detail into the Blair Witch legend, but most of the audience is too busy thinking about the actual trek into the woods that they don't listen. This is wrong. Listening is good. The interviews, which also sound real and not rehearsed in any way, are like movie reviews: the critics tell you what they saw, but mostly they don't want to ruin it for you...unless they hated it.
And that's what I'll do. I won't ruin it for you. 8/10.
- deadkerouac
- 16 juil. 2000
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- El proyecto de la bruja de Blair
- Lieux de tournage
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 60 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 140 539 099 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 1 512 054 $US
- 18 juil. 1999
- Montant brut mondial
- 248 639 099 $US
- Durée1 heure 21 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.33 : 1