SYNOPSICS
Blink (2007) is a English movie. Craig Miller has directed this movie. Marisa Brown,Brett Jacobsen,Camille Guaty,Kelly Pendygraft are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Blink (2007) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
"Blink" follows a group of 20-somethings that wake up to realize the lives they have aren't what they expected. The film chronicles one night at a local bar, delving into the psyche of what it's like to be lost in the confusion of your quarter-life crisis, wondering just when all of life's not so little promises are going to come true. The film's soundtrack includes The Walkmen, Mazarin, French Kicks, The Octopus Project, Sound Team, Say Hi To Your Mom, The Joggers, American Analog Set, Crystal Skulls, Of Montreal, Black Lipstick, Natural History, Granddaddy, Palaxy Tracks, Commuter, WIndsor For The Derby, Her Space Holiday, Decibully, Knife in the Water, What Made Milwaukee Famous and many more.
Blink (2007) Reviews
That point in life..
After recently moving cross country for a new job at a young age, Blink, in many ways is reminiscent of my journey and that tipping point in life when you realize your years of youthful mindlessness cannot last forever. It's the point in life where more than ever before you assess the depth and severity of the decisions made in life. It's a time when you actually begin thinking deeply about your future and the attainability of certain life benchmarks and Blink illustrates this experience flawlessly. Additionally, Blink boasts amazing cinematography and a brilliant soundtrack that really helps to accurately portray emotion in a very artful delivery.
A group in their twenties realize their lives flash by in the blink of an eye...
Blink got me from the opening scene. I knew right away that 1) this guy can direct, and 2)here's a main character I want to know more about. A bartender/artist who steals food labels from grocery stores... How could one not want to learn more about her life? I certainly did. Switching back and forth between several story lines of twenty something characters, the plot leads us all to a bar where the strength of the story unravels in a night of dysfunction and embarrassing moments. The characters were all people we could relate to in college, which made it all the more enjoyable to watch. The dialogue was strong. The movie was full of neat and unique shots and the cinematography was outstanding. At times the bar seemed kind of dark, but hey, it's a bar. It's supposed to be dark to hide the patron's flaws. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film, and the indie soundtrack pretty much wrapped it up in a neat little bow. Bravo to the director and writer for proving that you don't need to spend millions to create a good movie, because I've seen plenty of 'blockbusters' that were a complete waste of time. Blink is most assuredly worth it.
One night in a bar can seem like a lifetime....
Blink explores what it is like to be a twenty something over one night in a bar. Each of them is looking for something--sex for sure, and if they are lucky, love. We will all identify with one of them before the night is over... ... the "nice" girl looking for the perfect guy to settle down with ... the loser...lost in his own dead end world, looking to pass away another night numbed by alcohol ... the "bad" girl trying to forget who she really is ... the prowler...trying to score with as many women as possible before it's too late ... or the bartender-would-be artist asking herself if she will forever be stuck serving drinks just to pay the bills.... ... and several others...just passing through... Each of the lives examined is flawed, stalled in this microcosm of time... ...but before the night ends, each will come to reexamine that life and come to terms with it... ..."it's as if you blinked and your whole life changed"... The visual style is focused with almost excruciatingly painful closeups of the eyes and faces of the bar patrons as we follow them throughout the night. The soundtrack of indie music complements well the feeling of being trapped in this bar... in this night...in your own life... and comes to a frenzied peak as the last call is about to sound, and yet another night of your life is about to end...
Reality Bites, 2007 edition
Blink is certainly not the first movie to be made about aimless twentysomethings trying to clutch at the fading embers of youth, but it does provide a reasonably good update of the subgenre for Generation Y. Using the by-now-familiar technique of rotating among several interwoven story lines, Blink tells the story of seven (or is it nine?) young people who all happen to meet one night at the neighborhood bar. The characters themselves are mostly nothing we haven't seen before - the world-weary ladies' man showing his newb friend the ropes; the depressed guy who can't let go of his ex; the twenty-six-year-old who still wears double-layered shirts (full disclosure: so do I). Not much new here. But the one shining exception is the character of Toni, a female artist/bartender whose shoplifting and fighting conceals a poignantly lonely life. Marisa Brown is definitely the class act among Blink's cast. Blink benefits from some surprisingly beautiful cinematography and a tres-hip indie-rock soundtrack. Where it falls short is the plot, which often feels more literary than cinematic. The understated emotion and lack of a recognizable climax leave us wishing for a few frogs to fall from the sky and shake things up. But Blink succeeds in its core mission, which is to take the lingering sad mood of the end of youth and repackage it for another generation. As a final note, I can't help but regret that they didn't pick The Weakerthans' "Exiles Among You" for the theme of Toni the artist girl...but maybe I'm just getting too old and out of touch.