Light of Day - Im Lichte des Tages

Light of Day - Im Lichte des Tages (1987)

Light of Day

Die familiären Spannungen eines rockbegeisterten Geschwisterpaares lösen sich angesichts des Todes der Mutter, die mit ihrer Tochter in einer Dauerfehde lebte. Die Familie findet erneut zueinander, und auch die Streitereien innerhalb der Musikgruppe können am Ende beigelegt werden. Kraftlose Mischung aus Musikfilm und Familienmelodram mit klischeehaften Charakteren und einem herbeigeredeten Generationskonflikt; nur in wenigen Szenen überzeugend.

Erscheinungsdatum
1987-02-06
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (61)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 47 Min.
Genres
Musik, Drama
Regie
Paul Schrader

Besetzung

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  • Gedreht in: Chicago

Light of Day is a 1987 American musical drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands and Joan Jett in her film debut. It was written and directed by Paul Schrader. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman and the cinematography is by John Bailey.

Production

The film was shot on location in various places in Illinois, including Chicago, Maywood, Berwyn, Blue Island, Lincolnwood, Streamwood, as well as Hammond, Indiana, and Cleveland.

The film is best known as the first real attempt by Fox to take on more serious film roles after establishing himself as a comedic star. Light of Day is one of the few projects where Fox has smoked in front of the camera; although a chain smoker, he avoided being photographed with a cigarette out of fear that it would encourage smoking.

Schrader wrote the film with Bruce Springsteen in mind and sent him a copy of the script with the original working title, Born in the USA. Springsteen declined to participate in the movie but used the title for a song he had been writing about a Vietnam veteran. At that point, the film was on hold; it went back into production when Fox agreed to star.

Schrader has expressed dissatisfaction with Light of Day, particularly its plain visual style: "I had progressed from being a person with a literary vision to a person with a visual vision, and in that film I tried to...suppress my new literacy," and the casting of Joan Jett: "it's a good performance, but...that piece of casting just did not work."

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