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Bound: Neo-Noir Films
Bound (in Spain titled Bound) is a neo-noir film genre 1996 crime thriller directed by the Wachowski brothers. About a woman (Jennifer Tilly) who wishes to escape her relationship with her gangster boyfriend (Joe Pantoliano). When he meets the intriguing expresidiaria (Gina Gershon) hired to renovate the neighboring apartment, the two women begin a passionate relationship and prepare a plan to steal two million dollars to the mafia.

Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they were inspired by Billy Wilder to tell a noir story full of sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a shoestring budget with the help of the few members of the production team, including cinematographer Bill Pope. Managers

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