The Visitors (1972)

Director:

Elia Kazan

Guionista:

Chris Kazan (writer)

Release Date:

16 noviembre 1972 (Denmark)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their cosy house when...

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Revenge | Veteran | Vietnam | Rape

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

tense and believable

Cast

Patrick McVey	...	Harry Wayne
Patricia Joyce	...	Martha Wayne
James Woods	...	Bill Schmidt
Steve Railsback	...	Mike Nickerson
Chico Martínez	...	Tony Rodrigues

También conocida como:

Visitantes, Los (Spain) [es]

Duración:

88 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Newton, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Home Free

Trivialidades:

Often cited as the first fictional film to deal with the Vietnam War seriously.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Casualties of War' (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Lute Suite #1

tense and believable

If you look at this in terms of Kazan's career and the way he puts his own experience in every film (even though I'm sure he'd rather not, but he just can't help himself), this is a masterpiece. If you look at it in terms of commercial cinema, you might describe it as an interesting failure. (Leonard Maltin's book describes it as a BOMB.) All I know is that I was on the edge of my seat screaming at the television, it must have had something going for it.

The filming has a "Night of the Living Dead" kind of quality, and is just as harrowing. I wish I didn't relate to Kazan's misanthropic view of humanity, but I do. If you think you're an expert on what makes a good movie, skip this, it's not for you. If you're interested in looking at the dark and fascinating side of people who do evil things, don't miss it. A depressing but great movie. At least someone knows enough about this stuff to put it in a film; the bad part is when we have to live through it.