CINEmelma: pitch black

Rivisto Pitch Black, film che più di ogni altro ha lanciato Vin Diesel come eroe tamarro e muscolare.
Ok... demeriti a parte, il film è una piccola chicca di fantascienza: un trasporto precipita su un mondo desertico ed ostile; tra i pochi sopravvissuti, il buon criminale incallito Riddick.
Nel tentativo di riattivare una navetta lasciata da un insediamento abbandonato decenni prima, faranno la conoscenza di alcune simpatiche creature notturne orrendamente feroci; andrebbe anche di lusso, visto che i tre soli di cui è dotato garantiscono una abbondante fornitura di luce, non fosse per il fatto che di lì a poche ore si verificherà una delle rarissime triplice eclissi che scatenerà la malvagità sia delle creature che dei sopravvissuti.

Niente che non si fosse già visto in classici come Alien, Aliens e Predator, ma non di meno un buon film con tanta tensione e dialoghi cool.

Voto: 7.5.
Tags: fantascienza, horror, azione, avventura, pianeta, schianto, astronave, deserto, creature notturne, alieni, criminale, eclissi, soli.

Diesel, Vin

Nome di battesimo: Vincent, Mark Sinclair
Data di nascita: 18 July 1967
Altezza: 6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Ultimi lavori:

Hannibal the Conqueror (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
Babylon A.D. (2007) .... Thoorop [attore]
Hitman (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
Rockfish (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) .... Dominic Toretto (uncredited) [attore]
Find Me Guilty (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
The Pacifier (2005) .... Shane Wolfe [attore]
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) .... (producer) [produttore]
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) (V) .... Richard B. Riddick (voice) [attore]
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG) .... Richard B. Riddick (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
Vin Diesel was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother and adoptive father in an artist's housing project in New York's Greenwich Village, never knowing his biological father. His first break in acting happened by chance, when at the age of seven he and his friends broke into a theatre to vandalize it. A woman stopped them and offered them each a script and $20, on the condition that they would attend everyday after school. From there, Vin's fledgling career progressed from the New York repertory company run by his father, to the Off-Off-Broadway circuit. At 17 and already sporting a well-honed physique, he became a bouncer at some of New York's hippest clubs to earn himself some extra cash. It was at this time that he changed his name to 'Vin Diesel'.Following high school, Vin enrolled as an English major at Hunter College, but dropped out after three years to go to Hollywood to further his acting career. Being an experienced theatre actor did not make any impression in Hollywood and after a year of struggling to make his mark, he returned to New York. His mother then gave him a book called "Feature Films at Used Car Prices" by 'Rick Schmidt'. The book showed him that he could take control of his career and make his own movies. He wrote a short film based on his own experiences as an actor, called _Multi-Facial (1994)_ , which was shot in less than three days at a cost of $3,000. _Multi-Facial (1994)_ was eventually accepted for the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it got a tumultuous reception.Afterwards, Vin returned to Los Angeles and raised almost $50,000 through telemarketing to fund the making of his first feature, Strays (1997). Six months after shooting, the film was accepted for the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and although it received a good reception, it didn't sell as well as hoped. Yet again Vin returned disappointed to New York only to receive a dream phone call. Steven Spielberg was impressed by _Multi-Facial (1994)_ and wanted to meet Vin, leading him to be cast in Saving Private Ryan (1998). _Multi-Facial (1994)_ earned Vin more work, when the director of The Iron Giant (1999) saw it and decided to cast Vin in the title role. From there, Vin's career has steadily grown, with him securing his first lead role as 'Richard B Riddick' in the sci-fi film Pitch Black (2000). That role has earned him a legion of devoted fans and the public recognition he deserves.

Trivia random: Revolution Studios wanted him for the title role in Hellboy (2004), but director Guillermo del Toro thought that Ron Perlman was the perfect choice for the role, and wouldn't direct the movie if he wasn't cast.
Citazione random: "I was a bouncer for nine years - it was all I knew how to do - and my training was not to talk loosely...That's still my thought process: Shut your mouth, watch your back and keep working till your ass falls off."

Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

martedì 10 ottobre 2006

pitch black

Diesel, Vin

Pitch Black (2000)

Alien (1979)

Predator (1987)

Aliens (1986)

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