The End of Violence (1997)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Nicholas Klein (story) &
Wim Wenders (story) ...

Release Date:

12 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Nothing Lasts Forever

Plot:

Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films...

Plot Keywords:

Typewriter | Observatory | Lost Identity | Surveillance Camera | Film Making

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Traci Lind	...	Cat
Rosalind Chao	...	Claire
Bill Pullman	...	Mike Max
Andie MacDowell	...	Page
K. Todd Freeman	...	Six O One
Gabriel Byrne	...	Ray Bering
Chris Douridas	...	Technician
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Frank Cray
John Diehl	...	Lowell Lewis
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Anita
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Ade (as Nicole Parker)
Daniel Benzali	...	Brice Phelps
Samuel Fuller	...	Louis Bering (as Sam Fuller)
Marshall Bell	...	Sheriff Call
Frederic Forrest	...	Ranger MacDermot

Also Known As:

Am Ende der Gewalt (Germany) (informal literal title)
Am.Ende.der.Gew@lt. (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

France | Germany | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hungary:14 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

CiBy 2000

Trivia:

There is a scene in the film where we see a live recreation of the painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Page is holding Mike at gunpoint she holds the gun upward with the bottom of the handle facing outward and the ammo clip is clearly missing. Yet when Mike exits through the patio door she fires the gun and shatters the glass.

Quotes:

Mike Max: Perversely. That's one thing I think I can define now. It's when things are upside down and you start to like 'em that way.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Edward Hopper (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Theme For A Trucker

mmm. five is generous.

How 'bout a four? Visually, there are some great moments. I think the most interesting scenes are those where there is no dialogue but the camera follows the characters as they inwardly contemplate what this all means (Bill Pullman, Andie McDowell). Unfortunately, we as the viewers are also given (too much) time to contemplate what it means. Everything is WAY too understated. The movie slows to a stop in many places. You start to like it (the romance with Kat and the investigator, the interaction of Bill Pullman's character and the Mexican-American people) and then it doesn't follow through. The dialogue at the film school, in which the characters give a monologue for a class is probably the most interesting dialogue. Some rap, some tell a story, some recite their own poetry. That was the most moving part of the movie. While Wenders has a important point to make, it doesn't come through clearly and the viewer is left uncaring, uninterested. Maybe the only thing that could have helped the End of Violence is more good ole fashioned...violence <g>.