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3 | ''Yesterday Was a Lie'' is a 2009 science-fictional FilmNoir homage by director/writer James Kerwin, starring Creator/KipleighBrown as Hoyle, and featuring former ''Series/{{Star Trek|Deep Space Nine}}'' actress Creator/ChaseMasterson as a mysterious and significant -- but nameless -- lounge singer who becomes Hoyle's ally. |
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5 | Hoyle is a hard-drinking private detective(?) searching for a missing scientist and a missing Nazi notebook, and instead uncovering mysteries about the nature of reality and time. Quantum mechanics, Jungian philosophy and {{fanservice}} all feature heavily. Creator/PeterMayhew (aka Chewbacca from ''Franchise/StarWars'') appears as a silent character called "Dead Man". |
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7 | The movie spawned a short-lived web series in 2011. |
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9 | !!The film contains examples of the following: |
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11 | * BadassLongCoat: Brown (Hoyle) wears one as part of her HardboiledDetective gear. |
12 | %%* DeliberatelyMonochrome |
13 | %%* DieselPunk |
14 | %%* FilmNoir |
15 | %%* HardboiledDetective |
16 | * HighClassGloves: Singer's dress in the jazz club when she sings "Yesterday Was a Lie." |
17 | * LingerieScene: Hoyle's shirt is removed in order to dress a gunshot wound, leaving her wearing just a bra in the rain. |
18 | * MeaningfulName: |
19 | ** Hoyle's cat is named "Schrödinger" after one of the founders of quantum mechanics, who described a famous thought experiment called "UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat". |
20 | ** Hoyle may be a veiled reference to astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle; in one scene, a character reads "October the First Is Too Late," Fred Hoyle's book which outlines his concept of non-linear time and a reality "clerk," also referenced in the film. |
21 | %%* MsFanservice: Hoyle and Singer would both qualify as fanservice. |
22 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Hoyle and Singer in the art museum have dresses whose necklines plunge down to their navels. |
23 | * NoNameGiven: Save for Hoyle and Dudas, none of the characters in the film are ever named. This is especially noticeable with Singer, who is a very important character. |
24 | %%* ScienceFiction |
25 | * ShowSomeLeg: Hoyle persuades a male physics student to spill secrets to her by sitting in front of him in a miniskirt and crossing her legs. |
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