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Slipstream (2007 film)
Slipstream is a 2007 American science fiction film written and directed by Anthony Hopkins, which explores the premise of a man who is caught in a slipstream of time and remembers his own future. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
SynopsisSlipstream is an experiment, seemingly one could argue that it was about an actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless as he is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. Cast
Note: Arroyave is the real-life wife of Anthony Hopkins.[1]
ProductionActor Anthony Hopkins first wrote the script for Slipstream for fun, saying, "I had no idea where it was going. It just kept evolving on itself. I always wanted to poke fun at the movie business and the acting profession -- they take themselves so seriously. I wanted to poke them in the nose."[2] Hopkins explained his perspective of the premise: Hopkins initially shopped his script to studios for whom he had been bankable. Executives expressed interest as well as input for the script, but Hopkins refused to take the input. Hopkins showed the script to director-producer Steven Spielberg, who praised the dialogue but warned that financing would be difficult. He proceeded to begin production,[2] initiating filming on June 12 2006 in Los Angeles and moved to the California desert.[3] Hopkins rejected studios who wanted to have a final cut of the film, and he instead found a new, unidentified patron to finance the film for under $10 million.[2] During production, filmmakers invited six graduate students from Northern Illinois University to assist with the film for college credit.[4] Hopkins also composed the score for Slipstream and conducted the orchestra for the music.[2] In post-production, Hopkins used quick editing and digital technology to edit a fast-paced cut of Slipstream to speed audiences through the film.[5] ReceptionSlipstream premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 20 2007.[6] The film was met with confusion by Sundance audiences, who wondered about the actual meaning of the premise.[7] The film later experienced a one-week limited release in 6 theaters in the United States on October 26 2007, earning $6,273 over the weekend and $8,965 in the full week.[8] On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Slipstream received a 25% rating based on reviews from 36 critics.[9] On the similar site Metacritic, the film received a metascore of 47 out of 100 from 14 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10] In other words as one critic from Elkhart, Indiana stated " The movie was a total failure, whose images could be used projected on the walls of a rave club, and perhaps to those who wanted to waste a hit of acid on a bad trip". All the reviews weren't that bad. Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and suggesting that film is worth seeing, "if you'll actively engage your sympathy with Hopkins' attempt to do something tricky and difficult. If you want to lie back and let the movie come to you, you may be lying there a long time."http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071025/REVIEWS/710250307/1023 ReferencesExternal links
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