One Hour Photo Page #2

Synopsis: Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specifically Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Mark Romanek
  6 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
64
R
Year:
2002
96 min
1,407 Views


Somebody at school?

No.

What do you mean,

you feel bad?

When someone seems sad...

they don't have

any friends...

and people

make fun of'em...

that makes me

feel bad for them.

Who is sad and doesn't

have any friends?

Sy.

Sy?

The photo guy

at the one hour place?

Yeah.

Oh,Jake.

I really

feel bad for him.

But Jake...

we don't know

that Sy is sad.

We really don't know

that much about him, you know?

I mean, he might even

have a lot of friends.

He probably has a girlfriend

and--and a mommy

and a daddy who love him.

I don't think

he does.

Oh. Tch.

That is so sweet of you

to think of somebody else

like that, you know?

Listen,Jake...

not everybody

is as lucky as we are.

You know?

But maybe if we send them

good thoughts...

we'll make them

feel better.

So why don't we

close our eyes

and send Sy

some good thoughts?

Okay.

Okay? All right? Ready?

Yeah.

There.

I bet the next time

we see Sy...

he won't seem so sad.

Okay.

You have to go

to sleep, pookie.

Okay.

I love you.

Good night.

Good night.

Tch, tch, tch.

There you go.

Come on.

How--How do you think

we pay for all this?

How--How do you think

we pay for all this?

I'm just asking you.

What do you think...

there's a money fairy

that comes

and slips an envelope

under my pillow every month?

What are you even

talkin' about?

Well--Well, how--

All of this stuff...

the new Mercedes,

the matching washer and dryer...

the f***ing Jil Sander blouse

you have on now--how?

I love you, Nina. I do...

but if you continually

want our life

to look like something

out of a magazine, I'm sorry.

I've gotta work

to make that happen.

Do you even believe

what you're saying, huh?

This is not

about things, Will...

and it's not

about money.

You're neglectful.

Do you understand that?

What?

You are an emotionally

neglectful husband...

and you're

an emotionally

neglectful father.

Got it now?

That's just f***in' great.

Neglectful?

You're not here,

Will.

You're not here.

You're never here.

I'm going to bed.

Nude photos of her--

lf, in your mind--

Bart, what's wrong with you?

Oh, my God!

Someone's trying

to kill me!

Oh, wait. It's for Bart.

But who'd wanna hurt me?

I'm this century's

Dennis the Menace.

It's probably the person

you least suspect.

That's good, Dad.

[The Simpsons

Giggling On TV

Monday

is our busiest day.

People tend to shoot most of

their pictures on weekends.

The store has several

regular customers.

There's Mrs. Von Unwerth

who only takes pictures

of her cats.

I've never seen a picture

of a human being.

Just cats.

Mr. Parrish.

There's Mr. Siskind.

Mr. Siskind is an

insurance claims adjuster.

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Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek (born September 18, 1959) is an American filmmaker whose directing work includes feature films, television, music videos and commercials. Romanek wrote and directed the 2002 film One Hour Photo and directed the 2010 film Never Let Me Go. His most notable music videos include "Hurt" (Johnny Cash), "Closer" (Nine Inch Nails), "Can't Stop" (Red Hot Chili Peppers), "Bedtime Story" (Madonna), "Scream" (Michael & Janet Jackson), and “Shake It Off” (Taylor Swift). Romanek's music videos have won 20 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Direction for Jay-Z's "99 Problems", and he has won three Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video - more than any other director. more…

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