by Gladiator007

Created on: December 20, 2009   Last Updated: December 21, 2009

“Anamorph” is a 2008 psychological thriller film directed by H.S. Miller and famous American actor Willem Dafoe played the title role in this movie. The theme of this movie based on the painting method “Anamorphis”, where a single painting contains two opposite images and the viewer requires a special device or a specific point to see the other image. H.S. Miller also co-wrote (with Tom Phelan) the script of this movie.

Main Characters :

* Willem Dafoe plays the role of Stan Aubray (Main protagonist of this movie, an ageing and troubled detective in New York police department.  )

* Scott Speedman plays the role of Carl Uffner (A young and dynamic detective and currently teams up with Stan to solve a case.)

*Clea DuVall plays the role of Sandy Strickland (A friend of Stan and Crystal )

*Amy Carlson plays the role of Alex Fredericks (An ambitious and intelligent reporter works for a local newspaper.)

Plot Synopsis :

Stan Aubray is a senior detective in New York Police department, and currently takes classes in Forensic Psychology department. A few years ago, he solved “Uncle Eddie case” and became popular in the police department. He got promoted. After that, he suffers from constant guilty feelings as he assumed he did not catch the real serial killer.

Recently, a murder takes place in a hotel, and it follows the similar killing pattern of “Uncle Eddie”. Detective Stan is called back to the crime scene to investigate and solve this murder case. He teams up with an enthusiastic young detective Carl. So the story tells us how they able to catch this violent and dangerous serial killer. It also tells us, about the past of Detective Stan and his guilty conscience. This movie has a very moving and gritty story line, and I enjoyed watching this.

My Personal Thought :

It is a psychological crime/thriller genre movie and the storyline revolves around a serial killer and his artistic killing pattern. Detective Stan is a middle-aged, intelligent, mild and thoughtful NYPD detective. He investigated and solved a dangerous “Serial-killer” case few years ago. But somehow he thinks he made a fatal error and killed the wrong person. He lost his confidence and becomes alcoholic. I really liked the character of Detective Stan. Willem Dafoe did an outstanding job in this movie. He portrays the character of Stan Aubray with perfection. Stan is often confused and always thinks he did something bad in his last job.

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