Police Beat

Colour, BETA
USA, 2004, 81 min
Section: Forum of Independents
Oficiální stránky: www.policebeatmovie.com

Synopsis

The film follows an African-born Seattle bicycle cop named “Z” on his beat for seven days and six nights. With his girlfriend on a camping trip with her male roommate, Z distractedly floats through his daily routine while an often bizarre world of crime (and criminals) whirls around him. Covering more than forty crimes, all of which are based on actual Seattle police reports, Police Beat is a highly unconventional, almost experimental crime film in which the protagonist is so preoccupied with his possibly unfaithful girlfriend that he hardly notices the world of crime that surrounds him. The individual crimes only mirror his turbulent state of mind. Despite a relatively low budget, the film features wonderful, poetic camera work and manages to incorporate nearly one hundred different locations and a cast from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

About the director

Robinson Devor, a native New Yorker currently living in L.A. and Seattle, studied film at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He has lived and worked in Africa, co-curated an art exhibition of Sub-Saharan contemporary artists, and worked as a counsellor for the Suicide Prevention Center in L.A. He made his feature film directorial debut with The Woman Chaser (1999), which was well received both by the critics and on the festival circuit. Named one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch”  in 2000, Devor also directed the acclaimed documentary Angelyne about the L.A. billboard queen. Police Beat is his second feature film.