Stiletto (1981)
A woman, Nadja, searches for her sister's murderer. This search goes through differing moments of reality, or unreality, that overlap within facets of a broken-up time sense. In this emulation of film noir, the investigative structure does not create suspense; the dialectic murderer/victim does not exist. The crime is fabricated bit by bit, like the staging of a spectacle, and it is in the traditional tools of seduction (the spiked heels) that the weapons will be hidden. Ultimately, the crime Nadja achieves makes her neither a triumphant heroine nor a victim.
Director: Melvie Arslanian
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Amos Poe as |
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Tina L'Hotsky as |
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Martine Martin as |
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Tim Elliott as |
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Gary Indiana as |
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Nina Gaidarova as |
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Duncan Smith as |
| Directing | Melvie Arslanian | Director |
| Writing | Melvie Arslanian | Writer |