Réalisation:
Martin ScorseseScénario:
Joseph MinionPhotographie:
Michael BallhausMusique:
Howard ShoreActeurs·trices:
Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Verna Bloom, Dick Miller (plus)Résumés(1)
Dans un fast-food de New York, Paul Hackett, un jeune informaticien, est plongé dans la lecture de son œuvre préférée : Tropique du Cancer d’Henry Miller. C’est grâce à ce livre que la charmante Marcy vient lui parler et se joint à sa table. Après une brève discussion, la jeune femme s’en va, laissant à Paul son numéro. Mais lorsque Paul décide de la rejoindre à son appartement, c’est le début d’une longue et bizarre nuit dans laquelle le temps comme les évènements vont se détraquer. (LaCinetek)
(plus)Critiques (7)
Un scénario toujours surprenant, un rythme soutenu, un humour intelligent et, dans la première moitié, une étincelle sexy font de After Hours un film typique de Scorsese, même s’il est plus léger et plus drôle que la plupart des œuvres de sa filmographie. La jeune Rosanna Arquette est d’une beauté picturale et la direction du maître tire le meilleur parti de chaque scène de ce sujet très dense. [Festival international du film de Karlovy Vary]
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Martin Scorsese et son aventure filmique la plus frénétique. L'odyssée folle d'une nuit dans un quartier infernal de New York dont il n'y a pas d'échappatoire, me divertit toujours, m'angoisse, me crispe, m'effraie et me réchauffe le cœur, même après des visionnages répétés. After Hours est un film culte que j'ai enfin pu voir sur grand écran à Karlovy Vary cette année, douze ans après mon premier visionnage. Il n'y a pas de doute, c'est bien là qu'il a sa place ! [KVIFF 2024]
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When waking up late at night from the restless sleep of an office rat, Paul has to constantly tell himself that in a few days he will laugh about whatever bad things happen to him, but he can never be entirely sure about that. And thanks to Scorsese’s fondness for the dark corners of cities and of the human psyche, viewers can’t be too sure either. The unsteady transition from comedy to thriller and back is ensured by very steady directing and a well-written screenplay, sooner or later eliminating any doubts about the gratuitousness of any offshoot motif. Everything fits together beautifully, everything is interrelated and it all ends with an amazing office dance scene, an affirmation that, in this case, it was nothing grand, essential or groundbreaking. Just a bit of a filmmaking lark. With the highest level of craftsmanship. Appendix: Another item on the very long list of films that Timur Bekmambetov took inspiration from when putting Wanted together. 80%
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I’d love to spend a night like this. It would make for a great story :-D… This is the Scorsese’s film I’ve enjoyed the most.
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Scorsese is very high in my personal ranking of film directors, but this was the first case when I didn't gel with Martin's film. After Hours gives me the impression of an unfunny guy who, after a few drinks, tries to make an impression on a lady. He is annoying, without charisma, just awkwardly trying too hard, and he's simply a nuisance. The story drags and doesn't hold together at all, the screenwriter constantly tries to impress with new ideas, but the situations don't lead to a funny ending, and the characters (mostly having exaggerated and unrealistic personalities) come and go without their micro-stories being fulfilled in any way. Even the two stars I'm giving it are not convincing. Overall impression: 35%.
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(KVIFF 2024) I'm glad that film festivals are screening older movies alongside contemporary works. This allowed me to see Martin Scorsese's lesser-known After Hours. For an hour and a half we are passengers on a chillingly humorous carousel of absurdly bizarre events that revolve around Paul, a modern version of Kafka's Gregor Samsa or Josef K. Scorsese manages to wittily and briskly capture the travails of a man who was always in the wrong place at the wrong time and against whom the entire neighborhood conspired, whether it was hysterically lustful women or a "bloodthirsty" militia, among others. "Simply kafkaesque! Although, Kafka isn't simple at all."
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Martin Scorsese is another director that I like, but I have quite a few gaps when it comes to his work. I first met him in the film "Gangs of New York", then I saw the movies "The Aviator" and "Shutter Island" which convinced me that Leo is a great actor. I have yet to see "The Departed", but not "Hugo" and his great story. But his earlier work? In that regard, I really can't say anything, so I decided that I need to fix my Scorsese illiteracy. The film "After Hours" became my first textbook. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/po-zaviraci-dobe-1985-80.html
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