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Suture

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Vincent Towers (Michael Harris) and Clay Arlington (Dennis Haysbert), identical looking half-brothers, do not meet until their father's funeral. Vincent convinces Clay to switch lives with him, and Clay accepts. Clay, however, doesn't know that Vincent killed their father and, in an effort to fake his own death and get away with the crime, plans to murder Clay as well. Clay lives through the first attempt on his life. But, left amnesic and confused, how long can he survive?

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Michael Sragow The New Yorker 05/08/2017
It pivots on questions of what constitutes identity-the internal stuff of life or the external components of race, wealth, and status. Go to Full Review Anton Bitel Little White Lies 07/05/2016
a bold, confident debut that knows exactly what it is, and has a lot of fun letting its viewers reconstruct and reconcile its separated pieces. For here everything - and nothing - is black and white. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2.5/4
It's the kind of movie that holds your attention and is splendid to look at, but after it's over you feel empty, because there wasn't much there, really, except for the visual ideas. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/24/2020
2.5/4.0
A quality film that never quite found the audience it deserved. Go to Full Review Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 08/22/2018
This is neo-noir at its strangest and boldest. Go to Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant 05/15/2018
McGehee and Siegel unfold this deep psychological tale with blurry flashes and flashbacks from Clay's fragmented mind. The scenes in the present have an unfocussed look, too. It is all rather like a B-picture from the '50s. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/30/2020 I watched this nearly 16 years ago. My head still hurts. Recommend. See more 05/22/2015 An odd, unique and stylized experimental film that seems to have been forgotten. See more 09/24/2014 Stylish film that never manages to go anywhere very interesting with all of its visual ideas.. This black and white puzzler tries to be clever about a host of issues (personal identity, memory, racial bias) with only limited success. See more 07/26/2014 A bit of serious work. Still trying to work out the black and white issue. See more 07/20/2013 Ridiculous to say the least. If the Director is going make us do the "pretending" that this world is color blind then perhaps we should also pretend that color doesn't exists at all. The voice is completely different as well. Let's look at the hair as well. Come on. Only his hair dresser knows. The Psychiatrists is Asian are we to pretend he is German. "I think you amnesia is founded on the bases that you want to have sex with your mother." Give me a break. See more 01/06/2013 Off-beat stylish with unconventional music that works great--Thought-provoking and mesmerising!! See more Read all reviews
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Scott McGehee

Director

Dennis Haysbert

Clay Arlington

Michael Harris

Vincent Towers

Sab Shimono

Dr. Max Shinoda

Mel Harris

Dr. Renee Descartes

Dina Merrill

Alice Jameson

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Synopsis Vincent Towers (Michael Harris) and Clay Arlington (Dennis Haysbert), identical looking half-brothers, do not meet until their father's funeral. Vincent convinces Clay to switch lives with him, and Clay accepts. Clay, however, doesn't know that Vincent killed their father and, in an effort to fake his own death and get away with the crime, plans to murder Clay as well. Clay lives through the first attempt on his life. But, left amnesic and confused, how long can he survive?
Director
Scott McGehee
Production Co
Kino Korsakoff
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$98.3K
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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