Released 30 years ago, this little-known thriller with an absolutely diabolical plot deserves serious discovery!

The avalanche of American films released in the 90s, unfortunately, left some in the shadows. For a variety of reasons: confidential releases and/or films deemed not mainstream enough; poorly marketed films by studio marketing teams; An unfortunate release schedule as it competes directly with the box office steamer…

Or, more simply, works that have been a little too hastily judged as insignificant, underappreciated at the time of their release, the time to reassess has sometimes—and fortunately—taken. But not always. Here’s a great one: the stitch.

Steeped in a gruesome crime chapter and a little-known torture influence – John Frankenheimer’s Insidious Operation (1966), a very beautiful Japanese black-and-white and strange film with a great sense of humor. Hiroshi Teshigahara was released the same year, seam It’s quite an unclassifiable, crazy and unique film that was a complete hit at the box office when it was released in 1993.

Absolutely brilliant scenario

Summary? the devil A strong, unsympathetic, self-confident white man, Vincent (Michael Harris) meets his half-brother Clay (Dennis Haysbert), an African-American with a much more modest lifestyle, at the funeral of their father, who was murdered. Despite their different looks, Vincent is struck by the similarities he shares with his half-brother.

Suspected of murder, Vincent decides to kill him and change his identity. But Clay miraculously survived the assassination attempt. Suffering from amnesia and now thinking he’s Vincent, Clay must prove he’s not a murderer…before he’s sentenced to life in prison for a crime he thinks he didn’t commit!

A rare film

If you barely understand a stitch synopsis, that’s okay! In the genre of the tortured story, the seam hits hard. After seeing a rough cut of the film, Steven Soderbergh was very impressed and offered the duo David Siegel and Scott McGee to executive produce the film.

Presented at the famous Sundance Film Festival in 1994, where it won the prize for Best Picture, and Sitges, where the directors won the prize for Best First Film, Stitch is a real gem. 21 years ago, it was sold as a DVD-only package with the director duo’s other film, Deep Blue…