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Maniac<br />
Sat 20 April, 21:45<br />
For his feature-length directorial debut Franck Khalfoun pulls off<br />
the impossible – a remake that not only equals the original, but<br />
tells the same tale in a unique and original way. William Lustig’s<br />
notorious 1980 picture, which followed an emotionally-scarred<br />
serial killer with a fixation on scalping and mannequins, took<br />
place on the grimy streets of New York City. The setting has<br />
been effectively relocated to downtown Los Angeles for the 2012<br />
picture, and almost the entire film’s camera imagery is from the<br />
point of view of the killer. In a career re-defining role, Elijah Wood plays Frank, the maniac of the title. He prowls the streets<br />
at night looking for potential victims, but his violent impulses are torn between this and the sensitive feelings he has for a<br />
young photographer (Nora Arnezeder). Both savage and beautiful in its imagery, Maniac is backed by an eerie electronic<br />
score by Rob (reminiscent of both 80s Giorgio Moroder and Cliff Martinez's soundtrack to Drive) to produce a disturbingly<br />
visceral experience.<br />
Dir: Franck Khalfoun<br />
France / USA 2012 / 1h29m / Digital / English / 18<br />
22 www.dca.org.uk
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