Billy Zane meets a flashy end in the final moments of Dead Calm, a boat-bound bore also starring young Nicole Kidman (19 years old when this was filmed) and Sam Neill. The entire movie is slow and snooze-worthy, and yet everything about this final moment is manic and insane. The about-face zoom! Zane's flare-eating grin! The dead-eyed “We get to go home after this take, right?“ look of that final shot! To read about an even younger Nicole Kidman in an even wackier movie, check out Issue 5 of the zine I
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