1988 Directed by Steve De Jarnatt
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
Die Nacht der Entscheidung, Appel d'urgence
"People are gonna help each other, won't they? I mean, rebuilding things, the survivors I mean."
"I think it's the insects' turn."
It starts out as a romantic comedy about a guy meeting his dream girl and trying to go into a date and suddenly turns into a sometimes absurdist but well imagined end of the world scenario that somehow never forget its romantic center. The last act beautifully moves toward an acceptance of doom that is very affecting (and in its own very particular way deeply romantic) despite all the genre trappings and absurdist touches. It is probably the greatest date movie ever to end with an explosion. This one is a real great odditity, imaginitive, full of well earned detours, good character acting, a nice sense of desperation as Los Angeles slowly but credible spins out of control.
Love in the end of times. I can’t think of a better movie tuned pitch perfect to my tastes than Miracle Mile.
Perfect.
Probably my favorite love story?
Blind bought this a couple of years ago and I’ve become a bit addicted to watching this. It’s such an odd yet hugely watchable film. It is nicely filmed and has a great 80s soundtrack that works well. I like the idea and enjoy the way the idea unfolds. Wish I had seen this back in the day but I am more than making up for it now! Cracking wee film.
It’s the crack of dawn, 4 AM and you’re stuck in a neon-lit diner, it’s the twilight time where existential thought borders on nihilistic depression. You’ve missed a date with someone you believe to be the perfect soul mate. Much like an Edward Hopper painting, giant glass windows invite you into a world of loneliness and quiet contemplation. The patrons are comprised of the outcasts and misfits of society, coffee and breakfast are on tap to quench their desperation. You step outside and a pay phone starts ringing, there’s no-one around so you decide to answer it. On the other end is a desperate sounding man calling his father warning him that there’s no going back, it’s happening, the Nukes…
Two nights ago in a small town just to the north of me, a gun shop owner pushed an idea out to his FaceBook followers. It involved buses of so-called antifa on their way to protest in town, and ultimately led to a horde of heavily armed men surrounding and harassing a mixed-race family just trying to go camping. It's a miracle nobody died. It is clear at least some of these men were ready to kill based on something they heard from
someone, who heard it from someone else.
All I knew about "Miracle Mile" before putting it on was that it centered around nuclear holocaust. I had no idea it would so terrifyingly speak to what is roiling…
I work on the Miracle Mile now so this movie has taken on a strange new level of effectiveness.
Also, it’s very strange to see Johnie’s Coffee Shop actually functioning as a coffee shop and not an empty building decorated with Bernie Sanders graffiti.
Some movies are dog whistles. You blow and you blow and you blow. But no matter how hard you try, you never hear a thing.
But then, you look around and you hear every other mutt in the neighbourhood barking their head off. You think: damn, there must be something wrong with me. So just to be safe, you start barking too. Because disliking movies is too risky.
Therefore, I’d just like say: I love Miracle Mile.
One of the best "small" Films of all time.
It's good that Hollywood studios didnt get their hands on this as the last 60 minutes and especially the Ending should not be portrayed any other way.
It does a great job in ramping up the tension minute by minute
A romantic film that makes you look at the start and end of a one day romance.
I'll give it three and a half stars for being well-made, propulsive, compulsively watchable and having the killer premise of meeting the love of your life on the day the world ends, even though I ultimately just found the entire film to be contrived.
In other words, I can feel the filmmaker's passion for his work even if I don't quite share that passion.
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