The Arc
7.5
Tregenza’s second feature takes the form of a highly metaphorical road movie, as the isolated protagonist (Jason Adams) drifts from gainful employment in the East (as an arc welder in Baltimore) to a spiritual apotheosis in the West. “The formal treatment of the material ranges from rapid montage (in the opening sequence) to more conventional editing to lengthy takes without any apparent consistent pattern. Tregenza remains a master cinematographer throughout, and the various ellipses between sequences are often as provocative as the sequences themselves” (Jonathan Rosenbaum).
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Cast
14 people
Ash Adams
John Butz
Known for
Puppet Master 4
Lionheart
Gregory Fennell
Also in
Se7en
The Man Who Couldn't
Rob Tregenza
J.K. Eareckson
JK Eareckson
Catherine Fogarty
George Thomas
Known for
Hide and Go Shriek
Thomas Garvin
Brian Hemmingsen
Also in
P.O.V. - Point of View
Homicide: Life on the Street
Lester Poser
Larry Holden
Known for
Batman Begins
Memento
Mary Lodge
Rob Tregenza Director
United States release October 14, 1991 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Film4 Productions
Production
Baltimore Film Factory
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 1, 1991
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 14, 1991
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Canada
September 11, 1991 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
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