"A spellbinding, intelligent thriller" (LA Times) about Jackie,
a security operator in a police-run, Orwellian scheme of closed-circuit
television cameras situated throughout the center of gritty Glasgow. One
day she spots a man from her past on one of the surveillance monitors, which
kick-starts Andrea Arnold's debut feature, "the kind of sexy, paranoid,
creepily atmospheric picture that invades all your senses at once...This
is the first thriller I've ever seen with a female protagonist in the prototypical
noir hero role of pursuer and sexual aggressor. Like the heroes of countless
tough-guy films, Jackie is a wounded loner with a secret, who sleeps with
somebody she shouldn't and must face the consequences... Arnold's evocation
of the ruined, post-'1984' surveillance culture of inner-city Britain is
nothing short of terrifying." (Salon.com) Red Road
is the first film in the Advance Party trilogy—a concept inspired by Lars
von Trier in which three films are to be made, each by different first-time
directors, using the same characters and back stories and a shared cast.
"Aside from a starting point in Scotland and basic character traits, the
writers may take the scripts in any direction. It's an unusual idea, and
it will be interesting to see how it plays out, but Arnold has certainly
set the bar high for the other filmmakers." (LA Times) 35mm.
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2007, color, 1 hour 53 minutes, UK/Denmark