The Dark Side of the Sun

1988
R
1h 41m

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Brad Pitt in The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)

Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueTraveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.

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Anecdotes
The film was shot in SR Montenegro. Yugoslavia during the summer of 1988. As editing neared completion the secessionist wars that tore apart the region and much of the footage was stored in Avala films warehouse in Belgrade. In 1996, producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, worked on getting a distribution deal for the film, before it ended up getting released direct-to-video in 1997.

Gaffes
The dad knocks-out three men with a total of four punches.

Citations
Rick: He has a rare skin disease. I mean, like, a hundred people in the world have it. It's, uh, an extreme variation of dermatitis herpetiformis or something like that. Um, and because of this, he can't expose himself to any light, especially sunlight, or else...

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At the end credits no character names are given next to the actors name. Instead the supporting actors are listed under 'Supporting Players' and actors with bit parts are listed under 'Other Players'.

Bandes originales
I Love You For Ever
Composed by Kornelije Kovac (as Kornell Kovach)
Lyrics by Zeljko Mijanovic
Sung by Djordje David (as Djordje Nikolic)

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The man in the mask

By the time this 1988 movie got around to being released direct to video, Brad Pitt had become a superstar with a name and looks known world wide. So audiences seeing it in 1997 they knew who was behind the black leather mask.

Some truly homoerotic overtones are in The Dark Side Of The Sun where Brad Pitt because he is suffering from a rare skin disease where the contact with sunlight can be fatal. Pitt is quite the interesting package on that motorcycle dressed in black leather from top to bottom even with a leather ski mask. Had this film been released in 1988 it wouldn't have had the same impact when Pitt unmasks.

Pitt, father Guy Boyd, and mother Milena Dravic are in Yugoslavia while it was still intact on the Adriatic coast seeing a healer. Apparently these people are rich enough to look for everything that science, faith or even witchcraft has to offer.

But after Pitt meets another young American Cheryl Pollak he decides that maybe the three days he can expose himself to the sun before his skin erupts and he dies a really horrible painful death are worth the price.

The ironic twist here is that the sun and our perfect proximity to it is what sustains life on earth. It is also Pitt's instrument of death.

Pollak and Pitt make a tender Love Story like romantic couple and the Adriatic surely is a beautiful location with a romantic atmosphere.

The Dark Side Of The Sun has that interesting history. That lost footage stored for 9 years kept this film from being seen until Yugoslavia broke up after Tito's death. Would the reaction have been different had it been released in 1988 before Brad Pitt was superstar Brad Pitt?

I guess only if we slide into an alternate universe will we ever know.