Dying Of The Light Movie

Dying of the light really does have a lot to like about it but one must remember it is an espionage film and a direct to video one at that.

Dying of the light movie. By turns humorous and. It was released theatrically and through vod formats by lionsgate on december 5 2014. The writing isn t spectacular and parts of it are more. If only dying of the light had broken schrader s recent close but no cigar streak.

Directed by peter flynn. Dying of the light is a 2014 american psychological thriller film written and directed by paul schrader and starring nicolas cage anton yelchin and irène jacob about a government agent who must track down and kill a terrorist before he loses his full memory from dementia. With nicolas cage anton yelchin alexander karim irène jacob. The dying of the light explores at the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists.

This story of a career cia operative nicolas cage doggedly pursuing a terrorist who once imprisoned and tortured him is not a good movie it is impossible to know which percentage of its failures are attributable to schrader who wrote and directed the movie and which to his producers who allegedly took it. A documentary that explores the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists.