Sliver (1993)

Réalisateur:

Phillip Noyce

Writers (WGA):

Ira Levin (novel)
Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 mai 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Thriller

Accroche:

You like to watch...don't you

Plot:

Sliver Heights has everything a girl could want. Panoramic views of the city, a fully functional gym...

Plot Keywords:

Female Masturbation | Female Detective | Erotic Thriller | Anal Sex | Revolver

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Shallow pulpy romance/suspense/mystery

Ensemble

Sharon Stone	...	Carly Norris
William Baldwin	...	Zeke Hawkins
Tom Berenger	...	Jack Landsford
Polly Walker	...	Vida Warren
Colleen Camp	...	Judy Marks
Amanda Foreman	...	Samantha Moore
Martin Landau	...	Alex Parsons
CCH Pounder	...	Lt. Victoria Hendrix
Nina Foch	...	Evelyn McEvoy
Keene Curtis	...	Gus Hale
Nicholas Pryor	...	Peter Farrell
Anne Betancourt	...	Jackie Kinsella
Tony Peck	...	Martin Kinsella
Frantz Turner	...	Doorman #1
Dr. Melvyn Kinder	...	Dr. Palme

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Sliver (France) [fr]

Durée:

108 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

Singapore:R21 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:R-18 (re-rating) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (re-rating) (2006) | Philippines:X (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) (original rating) | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

As part of the re-shot ending, Tom Berenger and Polly Walker were required to film a scene wearing S&M gear. Both actors refused as this wasn't in their original contract, so the scene had to be filmed by doubles.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Polly Walker's digital answering machine makes sounds of a tape transport machine as it intercepts a message.

Guillemet:

Carly Norris: Get a life.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in "The Knights of Prosperity: Operation: Seduce Simone (#1.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Slid

Shallow pulpy romance/suspense/mystery

Decent acting doesn't salvage this poorly scripted, over-sexed, story of a 30-something woman (Stone) who seems to make all of the worse possible choices in places to live and boyfriends. "Sliver" is the beautiful but apparently haunted (or at least dangerous) apartment building she moves into on the rebound from a lengthy failed relationship. Vulnerable, Stone is almost immediately courted by her new neighbors - Berenger and Baldwin. Inexplicably, she doesn't even consider moving when she learns that several unresolved murders, suicides or accidental deaths have occurred in the building, including the former occupant of her own room who looked just like her. Both of her suitors are creepy and seem about as trustworthy as politicians, and it appears likely that at least one of them has committed some terrible crimes.

This film must have made a better grade b mystery/suspense novel than a movie. Not having read the book, I can only guess based on my experience with the pulp mystery genre that the film follows its plot closely. All of the main characters seem to be either sex addicts, perverts or impotent men, and this provides an opening for too many boring and unnecessary sex scenes. I suppose these were meant to fill in the gaps left by the vacuous plot and the uninspired script.

In terms of mystery, Sliver's central plot succeeds, as it does (somewhat but not completely) keep you guessing right up to the end. However, the plot would have made a much better 30 minute or hour-long episode of a TV detective show (minus the sex). Sliver is overloaded with baggage and filler - too many sex scenes, a little too much character development (especially considering how shallow, irrational and absurd most of the characters are) and not enough psychological realism.

Overall, I found the film slightly entertaining, but a little difficult to get all the way through.