Safe (1995 film)

Safe
Safe
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Todd Haynes
Written by	Todd Haynes
Produced by	Christine Vachon
Starring	Julianne Moore; Peter Friedman; Xander Berkeley; Susan Norman; Kate McGregor-Stewart; James LeGros;
Cinematography	Alex Nepomniaschy
Edited by	James Lyons
Music by	Brendan Dolan; Ed Tomney;
Production; companies	American Playhouse Theatrical Films; Killer Films; Channel 4 Films; Good Machine;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (United States); Metro Tartan Distribution (United Kingdom);
Release dates	January 25, 1995 (Sundance); June 23, 1995 (United States); April 26, 1996 (United Kingdom);
Running time	119 minutes
Countries	United States; United Kingdom;
Language	English
Box office	$512,245

Safe is a 1995 American psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore. Set in 1987, it follows a suburban housewife in Los Angeles whose monotonous life is abruptly changed when she becomes sick with a mysterious illness which she believes is caused by the environment around her.

The film topped the "best film of the 1990s" poll by The Village Voice,^[3]^[4] and was described by critics as "the scariest film of the year",^[3] "a mesmerizing horror movie",^[5] and "a work of feminist counter-cinema".^[6] Twenty years after the film's release, Haynes said its themes—disease and immunity in a post-industrial landscape and how recovery is a burden often placed on victims of illness—were even more relevant than they were when the film was released.^[7]

^ "Safe (1995)". BBFC. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
^ "Safe". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ""Todd Haynes Q&A | Safe", Retrospective of Todd Haynes films". Film at Lincoln Center, YouTube. November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ Criterion Collection
^ Kempley, Rita (August 4, 1995). "Safe". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
^ Geller, Theresa L. "The Hardest, The Most Difficult Film: Todd Haynes' Safe as Feminist Film Praxis or what the fuck is this" or "An Indelible Mark: Women and the Work of Todd Haynes," a presentation, Grinnell College, 2013. page 6.
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[1] "Safe (1995)". BBFC. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

[2] "Safe". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[:13-3] ""Todd Haynes Q&A | Safe", Retrospective of Todd Haynes films". Film at Lincoln Center, YouTube. November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[4] Criterion Collection

[5] Kempley, Rita (August 4, 1995). "Safe". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2019.

[6] Geller, Theresa L. "The Hardest, The Most Difficult Film: Todd Haynes' Safe as Feminist Film Praxis or what the fuck is this" or "An Indelible Mark: Women and the Work of Todd Haynes," a presentation, Grinnell College, 2013. page 6.

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