2014 · 90 min · R

Blue Ruin

Name: Blue Ruin
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 2014
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier · Crime, Thriller

Blue Ruin (2014) is a Crime film, directed by Jeremy Saulnier set in Virginia during the 2010s. It runs 90 minutes and is rated R.

A neo noir, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of revenge and family & loyalty run throughout.

Composer

Brooke BlairWill Blair

Cinematography

Jeremy Saulnier

Cast

Macon BlairDevin RatrayAmy HargreavesKevin KolackEve PlumbStacy RockDavid ThompsonBrent Werzner

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Virginia

Setting

Rural

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Premise

Neo Noir

Themes

RevengeFamily & Loyalty

Tone

BleakTense

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadAntihero

Pacing

Propulsive

Based on

Pure Fiction

2002
25th Hour
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
1950
All About Eve
New York City — 1940s · 1950s
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1976
All the President's Men
Washington DC — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
2012
Lawless
Virginia — 1930s
Ruraldir. John Hillcoat
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Virginia · Baltimore · Memphis — 1990s
Urban · Rural · Undergrounddir. Jonathan Demme

Blue Ruin

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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