‘The Loft’ - Weekly Film Analysis By: Unknown No comments

PRODUCED IN: 2014

RELEASED IN: 2014

TYPE: Feature Film

GENRE: Thriller, Mystery, Romance

CERTIFICATE: 15

RUNNING TIME: 108 Minutes

FILMING LOCATION: Belgium

LANGUAGE: English (USA)

DIRECTED BY: Erik Van Looy

PRODUCED BY:  Hilde De Laere, Matt DeRoss, Paul Green, Adam Shulman

WRITTEN BY: Bart De Pauw

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Open Road Films, De Vivjer Media

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolas Karakatsanis

EDITING: Eddie Hamilton

MUSIC BY: John Frizzell

KEY CAST MEMBERS: Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet, Matthias Schoenaerts

BUDGET: $14,000,000

BOX OFFICE: $48,000,000

THEMES: Secrets, lies, mystery, love, romance, betrayal

NARRATIVE:

Although the majority of the narrative is told in chronological, linear structure, the film does begins with a high speed montage of intriguing clips which immediately engage the audience and make them want to find out more. It then flashes back to explain the rest of the story and how we got to that point in time.

This technique of flashbacks is also used often in other places through the film in order to explain further depth into the lives of the characters or previous events which have lead up to a moment of importance, in most cases therefore they are used to give the audience more in depth information.

KEY SCENES:

Opening scene where we are introduced to the fact that there has been a gruesome murder for the first time.

The initial flashback where we are given our first introduction to our five protagonists.

The bar scene where their secret is nearly revealed to their wives.

The scene when the drugs vincent

The kitchen scene when we discover the second twist within the film.

The balcony scene where Luke commits suicide.

The interrogation scene where we think Vincent is going to jail.

The flash forward scene when we find out what happened to the characters in the future.

COMPARABLES:  

‘The Loft’ was a remake of a 2008 film ‘Loft’ that was an enormous hit in its native Belgium, which was also previously remade in the Netherlands in 2010 - Erik van Looy, the director, not only helmed the original but also worked on the Dutch version as well. ‘The Loft’ is also comparable with the 1960 film ‘The Apartment’.