Last Exit (film)
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| Directed by | David Noel Bourke |
| Produced by | Last Exit Productions |
| Written by | David Noel Bourke
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| Distributed by | Heretic Films (US/Canada) Cult Movies Entertainment (Germany, Switzerland, Belgium) Midget Entertainment (Denmark) |
| Running time | 97 mins |
| Language | English and Danish |
| Budget | 1500 Dollars/ 10,000 DKK |
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[edit] Movie Description
Last Exit is an independently produced feature film from Denmark, Europe.
A gritty, sexy, neo-noir psychological thriller shot on a shoestring-budget, the remarkably deft movie plumbs the depths of its dark themes with passionate, convincing performances from a relatively unknown cast.
[edit] Movie Plot
Nigel (Morten Vogelius), an incompetent criminal who flees his native England to Copenhagen in order to escape the loan sharks who are after him. He and his wife Maria (Jette Philipsen) shack up at a hotel, while each struggles separately with a drugs problem. Maria manages to get a straight job, and Nigel gets a gig storing illegal goods for a local crime boss known as the President (Peter Ottesen). Things heat up when Nigel falls for Tanya (Gry Bay), a hooker who works for the President, and their affair makes him ever more distant from Maria. The stage is set for a sex and violence-fueled descent into mayhem as the plot twists and secrets are revealed. Maria gets pregnant and Nigel starts to snap, and the only sane one seems to be Jimmy, Nigel's existential pot dealer. Dark humor and a driving pop-rock score complete a riveting, nightmarish scenario not for the faint of heart.
[edit] Movie Background
Written and directed by filmmaker David Noel Bourke, his first feature film, for the paltry sum of 1500 dollars, it was shot guerilla style using one digital camera, with absolutley no crew and edited on a standard consumer editing suite.
Last Exit is quoted as being "the biggest bang for the buck in cinema history" and it's renowned for its moody and shocking storyline accompanied by an offbeat counterpoint soundtrack.
With its sometimes disturbing surreal subject matter and an in your face style of psychedelic sex and stark violence all mixed in with philosophical speeches, it has often divided both audiences and critics, who either love or detest it. It successfully found a strong cult audience in the USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark where it's widely distributed on DVD.
