Notes from Underground (1995)

Name: Notes from Underground
Director: Gary Walkow
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-09-12
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Henry Czerny, Sheryl Lee, Jon Favreau, Seth Green

Drama

Director: Gary Walkow

Cast: Henry Czerny, Sheryl Lee, Jon Favreau, Seth Green

Runtime88 min

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Adapted from Dostoevsky's novella, Henry Czerny plays the narrator, Underground Man. Filled with self-hatred, he keeps a video diary where he discusses his own shortcomings and what he thinks is wrong in contemporary society. His bitterness spills over at a dinner party attended by his old college friends, an occasion which sends him running to a nearby brothel, where he meets Liza (Lee), a young prostitute.

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Fans of Dostoevsky's existential works and gritty character studies will find much to appreciate in this 1995 film directed by Gary Walkow. Henry Czerny delivers a captivating performance as the bitter, self-loathing narrator, bringing the protagonist's inner turmoil and social alienation vividly to life.

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Notes from Underground is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky first published in the journal Epoch in 1864. It is a first-person narrative in the form of a "confession". The work was originally announced by Dostoevsky in Epoch under the title "A Confession".