Long Hello and Short Goodbye
- Long Hello and Short Goodbye
"Long Hello and Short Goodbye' is a 1999 German thriller produced by Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion and co-authored by Jeff Vintar and Martin Rauhaus.The film features a recently-released safe-cracker named Ben, and an undercover police agent named Melody. Melody's job is to dupe Ben into another job so that he can be put away once more by her sinister and ambitious boss Kahnitz. But complications arise when the talkative cop falls for the taciturn gangster.
The original American screenplay by Jeff Vintar featured a complex neo-noir flashback structure that centered around the seemingly dead characters littering the bloody floor of a fancy apartment. As the story progresses, we find out that some of these dead people are not dead at all, more are hiding in the closet, and slowly the pieces of the puzzle come together in classic film noir fashion, but with a distinctly modern edge. The producers of the German film got cold feet shortly before the movie's release, and re-edited the film as a linear story, diluting its effect and polarizing critics and audience members alike, although it remains a cult favorite among noir buffs, and received a positive review in "Variety" that predicted the film would play in broad-minded festivals around the world, where genre fans should lap it up.
An English-language version of Vintar's original screenplay has struggled to reach the screen for many years, under a variety of producers and production companies, making his script almost perpetually under option. The latest incarnation had Gustavo Mosquera ("Moebius") directing, with "Face/Off" director John Woo and his partner Terence Chang producing under their Lion Rock banner.
Cast
Nicolette Krebitz as Melody
Marc Hosemann as Ben
Sunnyi Melles as Aurelia
Axel Milberg as Percy
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Kahnitz
Martin Glade as Dennis
Katja Riemann as Ida
Hannelore Hoger as Therapeutin/Therapist
Stefan Kurt as Arzt/Doctor
Albert Kitzl as Dealer
Gustav-Peter Wöhler as Verkäufer/Salesman
Michael Benthin as Rezeptionist/Receptionist
Eva Kryll as Sachbearbeiterin/Case Worker
Jimmy Yassa-Campos as Tresenmann/Barkeeper
Atto Suttarp as Pizzamann/Pizza Man
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