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The Falling (1998 Film)
''The Falling'' is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Raul Sanchez Inglis and released in 1998.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 74. The film centres on a love triangle between Lars (Christopher Shyer), Karis (Nicole Oliver) and Morgan (Rob Lee).Norman Wilner, "The Falling is trite". ''Toronto Star'', November 12, 1999. The film unfolds in three segments, each representing one of their own perspectives. Lars meets Karis in a bar and takes her home for a night of passionate and uninhibited sex before Karis's jealous ex-husband Morgan arrives the next morning; Morgan sees himself as a gentle, loving man who is wounded by his wife's extramarital affairs; Karis envisions herself as an indecisive woman torn between two relationships with men she's not sure she loves.Liam Lacey, "Flashy erotic thriller keeps falling down". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 12, 1999. The film's triptych structure, with its shifting perspectives on how each o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Shyer
Christopher Shyer (sometimes credited as Chris Shyer) is a Canadian-American actor who has appeared in over 50 film and television roles. Acting career Shyer has appeared in multiple guest roles on television since 1994, including: ''Viper'', '' The New Outer Limits'', ''Smallville'', ''Monk'', '' JAG'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', and a critically acclaimed recurring role as the Hannibal Lecter-like character "Lawrence O'Malley" in ''The Practice''. He more recently appeared in a supporting role on ABC-TV's re-imagined ''V'' series as "Marcus," second-in-command to the V high commander, Anna (Morena Baccarin). His varied film roles have included '' The Falling'' (1998, as "Lars"), '' The Invitation'' (2003, as "Joel Gellman"), ''The Lazarus Child'' (2004, as "John Boyd"), '' Fierce People'' (2005, as "Dr. Leffler"), and ''Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |