Le gardien

Titre original : Nightwatch

1997
R
1h 41m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Patricia Arquette, Ewan McGregor, and Nick Nolte in Le gardien (1997)

A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.

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Body Horror Psychological Drama Psychological Horror Psychological Thriller Slasher Horror Drama Horror Thriller

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.

Director
- Ole Bornedal
Writers
- Ole Bornedal
- Steven Soderbergh
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Director
- Ole Bornedal
Writers
- Ole Bornedal
- Steven Soderbergh
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 2 victoires au total

Vidéos1

Trailer 2:20

Official Trailer

Photos172

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Anecdotes
(at around 8 mins) The photograph on the bulletin board at the guard desk that Martin notices when he shows up for his first shift and asks the old watchman about, is a famous photo of Lewis Thornton Powell (also known as Lewis Paine or Lewis Payne), a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

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Citations
Inspector Thomas Cray: Most people, when they see something like this, their immediate reaction is to ask how could somebody do this and why. Even when we catch the killer, they want to know the how and why. In movies or television, the killer always explains the how or why. He always has some reason, however crazy, with a mad gleam in his eye. But I've interrogated murderers like this one before, and let me tell you, they are well beyond the need to justify what they do. They just do it. Explanations are just a fiction to make us feel safe. Because if it can't be explained, then it's just meaningless chaos. It could touch any one of us at any moment. Which is exactly what it is.

Générique farfelu
The end credits feature an alternate version of the Super 8 song "Pain", which originally appeared on their self-titled debut album. It cuts out the opening verses, and also removes noises made by the vocalist towards the end of the song.

Autres versions
The original cut of the film was just about 2-1/2 hours and included a different score and different opening sequence which was just an extended version of the two couples having dinner together followed by an extended scene at the local pub. The entire subplot of discussion of marriage between Lauren Graham and Josh Brolin's characters was cut, including a sequence at the end where they are married at a double wedding alongside Patricia Arquette and Ewan McGregor's characters. This version also included an extended restaurant scene with Joyce and more contact between her and Martin throughout the film, including a much more graphic death sequence in Joyce's apartment.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: My Giant/The Odd Couple II/City of Angels/The Player's Club/The Big One/The Butcher Boy (1998)

Bandes originales
Happy Birthday to You
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

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6/10

Creepy and effective.

Nightwatch is a 1997 American horror thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Ewan McGregor as law student Martin Bells, hired as a night watchman at a hospital morgue. Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte also star. It was written by Bornedal and Steven Soderbergh. It is a remake of the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal.

Nightwatch is an atmospheric little psycho-thriller from Denmark, although ultimately its far-fetched and the ending is unsatisfying. The director makes excellent use of cinematography and some disturbing sound effects (such as the amplified flapping of moths' wings) to show how our hero is overwhelmed by his cold, spacious workplace. Saddled with a nominally respectable cast, the film is labored in exposition, painting a luridly disturbing portrait of male aggression. And the dialogue contains odd shafts of insight. It's a visually effective and often scary film to watch, but the story is rather leaky so it begins to grow tiresome towards the end and the mystery elements of the film are rather predictable.