twilight

First up, no, not that Twilight. There’s no room for ancient vampires chasing virginal teenagers in this Twilight from 1990, directed by György Fehér, shot in a distinctive black and white and using the Hungarian language. Hence the original title, Szürkület. The story is by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt and has already been used once before, in 2001’s The Pledge, the existential murder thriller directed by Sean Penn where Jack Nicholson’s detective on the point of retirement makes a promise to a grieving family that he’ll find the killer of their murdered child, a promise that drives him to the brink of madness. It’s the same here, but Fehér’s treatment couldn’t be more … Read more