Suture
"A thriller where nothing is black and white."
A man named Clay flies into Phoenix for a reunion with his long-lost half-brother Vincent.
Top Cast
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Dennis Haysbert
Clay Arlington
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Mel Harris
Dr. Renee Descartes
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Sab Shimono
Dr. Max Shinoda
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Dina Merrill
Alice Jameson
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Michael Harris
Vincent Towers
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David Graf
Lt. Weismann
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Fran Ryan
Mrs. Lucerne
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John Ingle
Sidney Callahan
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Sanford Gibbons
Dr. Fuller (as Sandy Gibbons)
Overview
A man named Clay flies into Phoenix for a reunion with his long-lost half-brother Vincent.
Rating
6.5
/ 10
41 Reviews 1 Popular
1 Reviews
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John Chard7 Apr 8, 2018Stitching that burning ring of fire. Suture is written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. It stars Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill and Michael Harris. Music is by Cary Berger and cinematography by Greg Gardiner. Identity is the crisis can't you see - X-Ray Spex 1978 Suture is an unusual film that on the surface hangs its chief premise on a most ridiculous concept. Yet what is most striking about the film's heart and soul is that it embraces a number of staple film noir narrative threads. Photographed in spanking monochrome, and featuring an unnerving musical score, this surreal like play works with a cheeky glint in its eye as it challenges the viewer's perception of the unfurling story. Wrapped around a suggested agony of identity, Suture revels in films and styles of film making it is influenced by. Name checking them all is folly, but as the amnesia angle blends with surgical reconstruction, and the murder plot betrayal sidles up to the voiceover, other potent pics spring instantly to mind. And yet in a piece heavy on identity, Suture, in spite of its reliance on influences, does have its own identity, very much so. It's quite a debut from McGehee and Siegel, one that begs the question of why they didn't go on to greater things? Here they have great camera craft, with close ups, overheads and frame blends in action, while there's some striking imagery and noirville shadow play to take in as mood setting accompaniments. It could be argued that much of it is highfalutin, and that the philosophical probing is overkill, but the film remains unique and intriguing, if not as remotely thrilling as one hoped. 7/10
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