David Ecklein Since some of the reviews compared "Suture" to a Hitchcock, we watched it waiting for a rationale for why nobody seemed to grasp the lack of resemblance between the presumably half-brothers (one has distinct Afro-American features, the other does not). Could everyone here who pretended not to notice be in a conspiracy to cash in on the white brother's fortune? Didn't seem likely, since nobody was shown even suspecting, but we endured this bore to the bitter end just to find out. No MacGuffin. No relationship to Hitchcock. A complete waste of time, not only for the viewers, but for those involved in making the film.

gcd70 "Suture" is indeed a thought provoking, even mesmerising film at times. The entire show endeavours to answer the psychological question posed at the very beginning of the film: "How is it we know who we are? Are we the person we think we are?".I must say I've never seen anything quite like Scott McGehee and David Siegel's "Suture". The pair wrote, produced and directed this film which steps away from the traditional path of entertainment to a wholly philosophical, psychological one. Viewers will not find themselves concerned with such trivia as performances, costumes, cinematography or sets, but rather issues, questions and statements. Issues such as self-awareness, questions such as: "Can we become someone else?", and statements such as: "Skin colour has no relevance to the identification of self". In their black and white feature, McGehee and Siegel fail to differentiate between and African/American man and a man of European descent. We're concerned not with the physical here, but the meta-physical.As for the answers to these conundrums, one can only reach one's own conclusions. For me though, the personal soul is unchangeable and cannot be interchanged for another's. We may take someone's place, but we cannot become who they are.Monday, May 5, 1997 - Hoyts Croydon

mwj-3 When I first started viewing Suture, I said to myself "yeah, right what a premise." Mid way through the movie I realized that they really made it work. By the end of the movie even I believed.You've got to let yourself go and truly get into the fantastic acting, great dialog and wonderful use of black and white cinematography. I my humble opinion this movie should be considered a classic in the turnaround genre.Dennis Haysbert does a fine job as the main character. He makes you believe that his ailment of amnesia has truly overcome him. This was one of the first movies I saw him in and his performance made him stand out as a fine character actor.

KGB-Greece-Patras If you're the type of guy that likes trying to figure out 'whats the deeper meaning' of the film, or like an expression we use ' what does the poet wanna say' then see it.If then again you like Hollywood crap, avoid this one, as its in Black&White :POther than a HUGE plot gap, which is surely deliberate and thats what the whole enigma is about, he film is really nice made mystery / character development film with lots of good ideas. Maybe it inspired MEMENTO a bit.