Stiletto (1981)
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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.
- Release date
- January 30, 1981
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tina L'Hotsky as Nadja Vidal
- Martine Martin as Singer
- Nina Gaidarova as Sasha Vidal
- Amos Poe as Needleman
- Gary Indiana as Bellhop
Crew
- Melvie Arslanian · Director
- Melvie Arslanian · Writer
- Melvie Arslanian · Producer
- Michael Oblowitz · Cinematographer
- Carole Equer · Editor
- Suzanne Fenn · Editor