The Blackout (Abel Ferrara)

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The Blackout Blu-ray PRE-ORDER



Abel Ferrara's The Blackout is set to be released on Blu-ray in France on July 3rd.

*I actually have the Sony Pictures R1 DVD and the transfer is in fact quite good, but I am definitely going to take a look at this new Blu-ray release. Contrary to what some U.S. critics have claimed, the film is indeed very good.

Mega movie star Matty (Matthew Modine) has it all: fame, fortune and a gorgeous fiancée, Annie (Beatrice Dalle). While in Miami Beach, Matty and Annie plunge deep into its steamy underground nightlife with their thrill-seeking voyeuristic friend Mickey (Dennis Hopper). Matty's excesses get the better of him, and when Annie reveals a shocking secret, he leaves her, descending into a self-destructive, narcotic frenzy which ends with a mysterious blackout.

Eighteen months later, Matty and his new girlfriend Susan (Caudia Schiffer) celebrate his year of sobriety. But as bizarre images from his black night continue to haunt him, Matty is drawn back to the bottle and the diizzing nightlife of South Beach to unlock the riddle of his missing night.

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