Color Of Night (Richard Rush, 1994)

 

I have often said that films that have won Raspberry awards are very often great movies. Color Of Night won the Raspberry award for worst movie. Well, truth says that, in reality, is a very interesting neo-noir movie that also depicts, in a most interesting way, group therapy sessions. In the way that we are fed up and totally bored of neo-noir movies depicting the usual hard-boiled cop, Color Of Night has a psychoanalyst for protagonist, making the movie a somehow interesting "misstep" from the usual bullshit that we see in movies. Color Of Night has a very intriguing murder mystery story, it has compelling atmosphere and it has, most certainly, an aura that speaks about a movie that, at least, tried to be different, tried to add something in the neo-noir mythology of this fucking planet. There is no doubt that it's a screenplay that aims really high. It's definitely a screenplay that asks from the spectator to think outside of the box, for once. And for that characteristic the movie paid with its blood.

The reason for trashing so much that movie, was definitely the unusual story that it had and also because it had a lot of nudity and sex. Both these elements made the dickheads critics write that this is a garbage movie, a movie that doesn't respect the audience and a movie that hides behind sex its incredible and undeniable failure. Well, it's not the first time nor the last that critics have falsely destroyed a movie. It's their usual habit to do so. Color Of Night is much more interesting movie from many... Saving Private Rayan movies out there that have enjoyed a warm welcome and a great legacy. The only problem is that people don't look the film straight in the eyes, but they stick to the details. The essence of Color Of Night is quite interesting. The essence of Saving Private Ryan is an idiotic ultra-patriotic crap that makes us all angry. That's the truth. The rest of the conversation is simply bullshit. The rest of the conversation is pure details, trivial details. And we don't care about them.