Cast : Andie Macdowell, Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne
1996 / thriller / Etats-Unis / original title : THE END OF VIOLENCE / 122’ / Color / status : completed / English / long feature-film / French and International catalog
In Hollywood, successful film producer Mike Max, notorious for exploiting violence in his films, is abducted by hitmen. When their headless bodies are discovered, Inspector Brock investigates how Max escaped and whether his wife Paige is involved. Meanwhile, scientist Ray Bering, operating a secret government surveillance system, catches a glimpse of the crime, but the footage is distorted. As he delves deeper, Bering realises he may also be under surveillance.
Like a cinematic jigsaw puzzle, THE END OF VIOLENCE offers both meditations on violence, media, art, surveillance and paranoia and a perspective on Hollywood and American mass culture. Wim Wenders takes his audience on a journey to the core soul of Los Angeles and America, starring Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, and Gabriel Byrne.
NEW 4K
The restoration of THE END OF VIOLENCE was made by Wim Wenders Stiftung and mk2 Films under the supervision of Wim Wenders, at L’Immagine Ritrovata/ Éclair Classics, Paris – Bologna with the support of the German Film Heritage Funding Program (FFE).
Press
“A brillant puzzle of a film.”
The New York Times
“ Impeccably cool, stunningly shot.”
The Guardian
“A triumph. Hollywood-style hubris has rarely been portrayed as indelibly… A brilliant puzzle of a film. A smart, diagrammatic screenplay, a ravishing hallucinatory feel for the soul of Los Angeles, a gorgeous soundtrack by Ry Cooder featuring Jon Hassell on trumpet… High cinematic poetry.”
The New York Times
