Review of Closet Land (1991) by Laura A — 26 Mar 2010

A demented chamber piece, punctuated by what's arguably Alan Rickman's best performance (or the best you've never seen probably). Madeline Stowe is very good too, though on an occasion or two she gets a little too far in her showy lead role. It's Rickman, as the interrogator, who really has a lot more of the heavy lifting, as someone we can't quite figure out: is the interrogator a true psychopath, or are there other things he's not telling her (at least not outright) that would mean they have a connection from her past? The scene where he puts on the 'other' voice of the interrogator when she's blindfolded had me not sure whether I should laugh hysterically, or just star mouth agape. I kinda did both.

Oh, and three reasons why it's awesome? Bill Pope cinematography, Philip Glass score, and it's basically a feature-length version of the interrogation scene from V For Vendetta, only redone by Kafka and better.