4/29/2023 0 Comments Intruder 2016![]() ![]() Techno star Moby shows up in the film’s first scenes as Elizabeth’s mean boss at the Philadelphia Orchestra. There are a lot of men drifting in and out of Elizabeth’s life, and everyone’s a suspect. He seems to move throughout her house with almost supernatural access, and yet we never see his face. (Just one bottle for the whole weekend? I’m not impressed.) There’s at least one victim before Elizabeth, but it does little to satiate his bloodlust. Elizabeth’s fighting with her boyfriend and just wants to spend the weekend alone with a bottle of wine. ![]() She seems to have the feeling that she’s being watched, but the audience knows for sure. In fact, the audience has more in common with the killer than his victim, and this structure provides us a safe space to be bad.įor an entire weekend, our cellist Elizabeth flits about her dark apartment with a thunderstorm waging outside. There’s a certain identification with the protagonist: She’s nice, smart and reasonable-but we know more than she does. Humans are sick we like to watch someone being watched. The words Intruder are spelled out in cartoonish blood, so we can be reasonably assured that someone will get hurt. We have at the forefront a vulnerable woman, seemingly unaware of the shadowy, malevolent figure looming in the distance. You needn’t look farther than the iconic movie poster to see that Zariwny’s film fits the bill for a classic midnight movie. For the rest of us, the film’s available to stream on demand, in all digital platforms. Readers in the big cities can see the film in theaters, this Friday, June 17, at the Laemmle’s Monica Film Center in Los Angeles and in New York at the IFC Center. ![]() In the psychological thriller Intruder, directed by Travis Zariwny, a young, blonde, vulnerable cellist ( Louise Linton) just wants to spend a weekend holed up alone in her apartment-but her stalker has other plans. ![]()
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