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| name = Blue Flame |
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| director = Cassian Elwes |
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| writer = Cassian Elwes |
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| starring = Charley Hayward<br>Jad Mager<br>Kerri Green |
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| cinematography = Daniele Massaccesi |
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| editing = John Lafferty |
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| music = George Adrian<br>Tyler Bates |
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| country = United States |
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==Plot== |
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Turner is a police officer whose life and marriage is torn apart when his daughter goes missing. The two aliens believed responsible, Fire and Rain, are put in cryogenic suspension. Two years later they escape and Turner must travel through time and alternate realities to uncover the truth of what happened to his daughter. |
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==Cast== |
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* Charley Hayward as Turner |
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* Jad Mager as Fire |
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* [[Kerri Green]] as Rain |
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* [[Brian Wimmer]] as Flemming |
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* [[Joel Brooks]] as Morgan |
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* [[Cecilia Peck]] as Jessie |
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==Production== |
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Elwes wrote the script during a period of four days, while he was recovering from a surgery.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |date=1995-08-21 |title=Blue Flame |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/blue-flame-1200442513/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was completed on a budget of approximately $150,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olster |first=Scott |title=Meet independent film’s go-to ‘fixer’ |url=https://fortune.com/2014/01/03/meet-independent-films-go-to-fixer/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Release == |
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Some publications list ''Blue Flame'' as releasing in 1993; the film also has a release date of 1995.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> |
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== Reception == |
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Critical reception for the film has been negative, with common elements of criticism focusing on the script, character cliches, and acting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 24, 1995 |title=Film: New Releases |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/579287104/?match=1&terms=%22Blue%20Flame%22%20Cassian%20Elwes |work=LA Weekly (Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1995 |title=Blue Flame (review) |url=https://archive.org/details/Psychotronic_Video_23/page/n17/mode/2up?q=%22Blue+Flame%22+%22Cassian+Elwes%22 |work=Psychotronic Video Issue 23 (Internet Archive) |pages=17}}</ref> [[Emanuel Levy]] reviewed ''Blue Flame'' for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', criticizing it as "a dull, incongruous sci-fi pic that is comically wrong in almost every way."<ref name=":0" /> Clive Davies was also critical about the film in his book ''Spinegrinder'', calling it a "pathetic excuse for a movie" and citing the script and character cliches as issues with ''Blue Flame''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Clive |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Spinegrinder/Co5XDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Blue+Flame%22+Cassian+Elwes&pg=PT125&printsec=frontcover |title=Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won’t Write About |date=2015-03-06 |publisher=SCB Distributors |isbn=978-1-909394-06-3 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Films scored by Tyler Bates]] |
[[Category:Films scored by Tyler Bates]] |
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[[Category:1990s American films]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 3 January 2025
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| Blue Flame | |
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| Directed by | Cassian Elwes |
| Written by | Cassian Elwes |
| Starring | Charley Hayward Jad Mager Kerri Green |
| Cinematography | Daniele Massaccesi |
| Edited by | John Lafferty |
| Music by | George Adrian Tyler Bates |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blue Flame is a 1993 American independent sci-fi film written and directed by Cassian Elwes, starring Kerri Green as one of two seductive aliens who live inside the head of a renegade police officer.
Plot
[edit]Turner is a police officer whose life and marriage is torn apart when his daughter goes missing. The two aliens believed responsible, Fire and Rain, are put in cryogenic suspension. Two years later they escape and Turner must travel through time and alternate realities to uncover the truth of what happened to his daughter.
Cast
[edit]- Charley Hayward as Turner
- Jad Mager as Fire
- Kerri Green as Rain
- Brian Wimmer as Flemming
- Joel Brooks as Morgan
- Cecilia Peck as Jessie
Production
[edit]Elwes wrote the script during a period of four days, while he was recovering from a surgery.[1] The film was completed on a budget of approximately $150,000.[2]
Release
[edit]Some publications list Blue Flame as releasing in 1993; the film also has a release date of 1995.[3][1]
Reception
[edit]Critical reception for the film has been negative, with common elements of criticism focusing on the script, character cliches, and acting.[4][5] Emanuel Levy reviewed Blue Flame for Variety, criticizing it as "a dull, incongruous sci-fi pic that is comically wrong in almost every way."[1] Clive Davies was also critical about the film in his book Spinegrinder, calling it a "pathetic excuse for a movie" and citing the script and character cliches as issues with Blue Flame.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Levy, Emanuel (1995-08-21). "Blue Flame". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Olster, Scott. "Meet independent film's go-to 'fixer'". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b Davies, Clive (2015-03-06). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won’t Write About. SCB Distributors. ISBN 978-1-909394-06-3.
- ^ "Film: New Releases". LA Weekly (Newspapers.com). August 24, 1995.
- ^ "Blue Flame (review)". Psychotronic Video Issue 23 (Internet Archive). 1995. p. 17.
External links
[edit]- Blue Flame at IMDb