"Call". Actors of American and Japanese versions

The idea of a deadly impact of videotape was first tested in his film project "Videodrome" by the Canadian director and scriptwriter David Cronenberg in 1982. However, the relevance of all the paintings under the same name "Bell" is in their general context, which demonstrates the current situation of a technocratic society. Japanese original tape released in other states of remake - two "Bell" of the United States and the Korean "Virus of Calls" - are proof that the spread of "zvonkomanii" has received a global scale.

Japanese mystical horror film of 1998

The tape of the Japanese 36-year-old director Hideo Nakata "Bell" (actors of the first plan: Miki Nakatani, Nanako Matsushima, Yuko Takeuchi) is important for the development of the horror genre, comparable to the American cult horror "Halloween" by John Carpenter. It not only gave birth to a lot of imitations and direct sequels. The film was shot in a very laconic, almost minimalist manner. His cinematic style of narration is distinguished by an impeccable sense of style. The director managed to create a unique creation that stands out by the existentiality experienced during the horror viewing.

With the obvious and external simplicity of the methods used by the creators to intimidate and suspend the suspense, the film differs in that its authors tried to fit into the picture an original element of national folklore "kaidan" - stories about ghosts. Therefore, the distributor of evil in the cinema is the otherworldly entity, easily overcoming the boundary between reality and the surreal, in a female guise with tangled long hair.

The plot from the category of "urban legends"

According to the original plot theme, "Bell" can be counted among the typical "youth horror stories" about young men and women allegedly subjected to an unsuccessful rally with the use of "frightening video recording", after viewing which they hear a phone call and die after seven days in terrible agony. But the "urban legend" materializes in real life. Young girl Tomoko Oishi was found dead, her aunt, young journalist Reiko Asakawa, begins an independent investigation into the circumstances of her niece's death. She finds an unfortunate cassette and decides to get acquainted with its content, connecting to the investigation of ex-wife Ryūji Takayama, thereby increasing the number of potential victims.

Greatest Hire

After the release of a modest production of the film "Bell", the actors and roles are familiar to fans of the genre, it becomes a superhit, leaving behind the box office "Salvation of Private Ryan" and the next part of the Bond. It is not surprising that on the wave of his triumph, the same director "Call 2", "Call: The Last Chapter" and the prequel "Call 0: Birth" immediately appeared.

The actors of the film "Bell" continued their creative careers in their homeland. Nanako Matsushima, taking part in the production of the second part, after before 2007 was shot mostly in television series. To a wide audience it is known on full-length films: "Ghost", "Straw Shield".

Japanese actress and singer Miki Nakatani has a more impressive filmography, she decorated with her presence not one dozen paintings. The most famous among them, in addition to the two parts of the movie "Call", are "Memories of Matsuko", "Sweet little lie" and "The Tale of Genji."

Yuko Takeuchi starred in a variety of dorami and movies, although she declared herself only in the first part of the tape "Bell". Actors working with Yuko on the set of the horror film, predicted her brilliant career in Hollywood, but the actress preferred the national film industry.

American Remake 2002

The American "Bell" (actors-executors of the main roles: Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Martin Henderson) in the interpretation of the producer Gore Verbinski transformed into an emphatically "Western history". The author has considerably departed from the original source, only outwardly preserving a similar plot. The story is similar: again under mysterious circumstances Cathy Embri (actress Amber Tamblyn) dies, her aunt Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) undertakes to find out the reason for the niece's death. After receiving a deadly cassette, she goes on the trail of mysterious incidents. The presence of her young son Aidan (David Dorfman), to whom he dreams of getting an evil ghost, is a distinctive feature of the American tape "Bell". Actors invited to participate in the project, at the director's bidding, were obliged to review the original film without fail, but to reveal their characters to the "Western manner".

Performers of the roles of the first plan of the American masterpiece

For the performer starring Naomi Watts, the springboard to fame was the film "Mulholland Drive" by all the famous David Lynch. After participating in this project career Anglo-Australian actress experienced a rapid rise. Subsequent pictures of "Ellie Parker" and "Bell" ensured her reputation as a movie star. The best pictures that brought Naomi nominations for the Oscar are "21 grams", "Kill the President", "Divorce", "Burglars of Hearts" and "King Kong".

The filmography of David Benjamin Dorfman is not so impressive, he has no more than 15 films on his account. The American actor made his debut in a big movie in the film "In Search of the Galaxy", but he was brought worldwide fame in the thriller "Call" and its continuation "Bell 2".

Fear, the closing circle

Verbinsky with like-minded people managed to launch a growing "snowball" of video messages about death on colossal scale, while earning solid fees. Accordingly, in 2005 there is a sequel from the director Hideo Nakata "Bell 2". Actors-executors of the main roles David Dorfman and Naomi Watts migrated to a new creation from the first part. From the main motive behind the pernicious video recording is only a few individual moments. Samara, having got out of the "visual captivity", pursues the unfortunate journalist who moved with her son to another city to live in the child's body.

The project can not repeat the success of the original picture, it is initially positioned by film critics as a commercial product. It does not work any of the director's trump cards, even an invitation to play the role of a mysterious woman who knows the secret of Samara, actress Sissi Spacek, who previously played the part in "Carrie."