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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:29 pm  Post subject: Heavy Rain (2008)
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By the makers of Omikron: The Nomad Soul, this is their new IP.

Very little information on this one beyond its the same writer as omikron and Farenheit. Its very movie like in its design, another film noir title

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Rain

The showed a research and tech demo last year, which was quite an achievement:
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In the demo a young woman (Aurélie Brancilhon) comes into a white room. Her name is Mary Smith, aged 24, and she has come to audition for a part in an upcoming film titled Heavy Rain. Asked about her acting background, she admits that she has only had minor parts because she is often seen as unfit for major roles – in her words, "Too tall, too short, wrong hair… There's always something wrong with me!" The male speaker (now known to be the director) asks if she has her lines down, to which she says yes. A male assistant raises the clapperboard for Heavy Rain to start filming Mary's audition.

When he lowers it again, the set has changed entirely to a small kitchen in which Mary begins a monologue. She talks to the camera and addresses it as being the character of her husband, with whom she once had an ideal, romantic marriage. However, she started to notice little things about him that were indicators that he was cheating on her. One time after he left his office, she followed him to be sure, and watched in shock as he stopped at a seedy hotel to meet with another woman. Crushed and heartbroken, Mary explains how she went home and cried in sorrow as she stands dejectedly over the kitchen sink, lightning bursting outside the window. Reaching into the sink, she monologues how she took their gun from the bedside table; on the set, she produces a revolver from inside the sink. Holding the gun to her head and shedding a tear, she says that life is cruel to make her cope with such horrors… but she has a change of heart; she wasn't the one who was cheating. She sits back in her chair, saying how she waited patiently for her husband to come home. When he got there, she merely stood up and took aim in his direction (and has just stood and aimed at the camera). She playfully acknowledges that her husband likely believes she doesn't have the courage to pull the trigger, but her mind has been made up; she wants to make an example of him, and show that women refuse to tolerate such behavior. With a final goodbye, she pulls the trigger, accompanied by another great flash of lightning.

And suddenly, the viewer is once again seeing the demo where Mary stands back in the empty white set, holding her fingers in the shape of a gun. She smiles and asks how her performance was, happy that she has a chance. Upon Mary's exit, the male assistant expresses his interest in her acting abilities to the director; in a bit of irony, the director says that there was no point in auditioning her, as she is too tall for the role.


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Quantic Dreams productions are usually very unique, laboured and lovingly crafted; although usually a tad too ambitious for their own good! :)


if anyone has any info on the title, please feel free to post it :)

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