list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Day Night Day Night on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Day_Night_Day_Night/281336/default.aspx Title: Day Night Day Night
Year: 2007
Director: Julia Loktev
Plot: For her first foray into dramatic fiction filmmaking, video installation artist and documentary filmmaker Julia Loktev met 650 actresses before picking newcomer Luisa Williams to play her never-named heroine. “The film rests on her face,” Loktev said, and it’s true. A young woman, frail, beautiful, but also excruciatingly withdrawn and isolated, arrives in an unnamed city. DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT initially reveals nothing about her plans, instead following her towards a mysterious rendezvous. Photographed in brilliant handheld style by Benoît Debie (who shot Gaspar Noé’s IRRÉVERSIBLE [TFF 2002]), the film’s documentary tension draws you in irresistibly. But as harrowingly accurate as the film feels, its rigor is more abstract and spiritual than psychological or social. By the end, Williams’ haunted, saint-like face attains the power of a Bressonhero or Dreyer’s Joan of Arc. –LG (U.S./Germany, 2006, 90m) Preceded by DINOF CELESTIALBIRDS (d. Elias Merhige, U.S., 2006, 14m)

Interview with Julia Loktev, dir.
Paul interviews Julia Loktev, director of Day Night Day Night. (9/3/06, Telluride Film Festival)

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]]>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:15:01 GMTDay Night Day Night2007Julia LoktevFor her first foray into dramatic fiction filmmaking, video installation artist and documentary filmmaker Julia Loktev met 650 actresses before picking newcomer Luisa Williams to play her never-named heroine. “The film rests on her face,” Loktev said, and it’s true. A young woman, frail, beautiful, but also excruciatingly withdrawn and isolated, arrives in an unnamed city. DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT initially reveals nothing about her plans, instead following her towards a mysterious rendezvous. Photographed in brilliant handheld style by Benoît Debie (who shot Gaspar Noé’s IRRÉVERSIBLE [TFF 2002]), the film’s documentary tension draws you in irresistibly. But as harrowingly accurate as the film feels, its rigor is more abstract and spiritual than psychological or social. By the end, Williams’ haunted, saint-like face attains the power of a Bressonhero or Dreyer’s Joan of Arc. –LG (U.S./Germany, 2006, 90m) Preceded by DINOF CELESTIALBIRDS (d. Elias Merhige, U.S., 2006, 14m)<br><br><b>Interview with Julia Loktev, dir.</b><br>Paul interviews Julia Loktev, director of Day Night Day Night. (9/3/06, Telluride Film Festival)<br><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_black.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_black" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1830073&audio_duration=194.743&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/5/3/9/JuliaLoktev.MP3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><br /><a style="font-size: 9px; padding-left: 35px; color: #f39; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1830073/view">powered by <strong>ODEO</strong></a>12Tag Target (>10)6852http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s281336.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Day_Night_Day_Night/281336/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/21/23046.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 12/21/2007 4:15:16 PM
Body: Paul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst’s feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters. Download FilmCouch #19 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:15:16 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com12/21/2007 4:15:16 PMPaul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst’s feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters. Download FilmCouch #19 or subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/10/22/21046.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 10/22/2007 11:01:36 AM
Body: IFP has just announced the nominations for their Gotham Awards, which will be handed out in Brooklyn next month. I’m so happy to see that Craig Zobel’s fantastic Great World of Sound has been nominated in three categories–Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor–the most nominations of any single film this year. Zobel’s feature, which Magnolia released with little fanfare last month, shares the Best Feature category with four, relatively “big” indie-arm titles: The Namesake, I’m Not There, Margot at the Wedding, and Into the Wild. I’ve privately bitched about the lack of publicity surrounding Sound (even the release date seemed misguided, as it fell right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival and thus necessarily turned coverage of the movie by bloggers and other indie journalists of limited resources into an afterthought), so I’m hoping these nominations will give Magnolia the impetus to give the film a stronger push. According to the distributor’s website, they’re still planning a slow roll-out to smaller markets through December. Other Spout favorites to make the cut: Julia Loktev’s Day Night Day Night earned two nominations, for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor; and Ronnie Bronstein’s Frownland will compete in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You race. As of this writing, IFP hasn’t posted the list of nominees on their website, but you can check out an alphabetical list on nominees, ripped from the press release, after the jump. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog's blog
]]>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:01:36 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/22/2007 11:01:36 AMIFP has just announced the nominations for their Gotham Awards, which will be handed out in Brooklyn next month. I’m so happy to see that Craig Zobel’s fantastic Great World of Sound has been nominated in three categories–Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor–the most nominations of any single film this year. Zobel’s feature, which Magnolia released with little fanfare last month, shares the Best Feature category with four, relatively “big” indie-arm titles: The Namesake, I’m Not There, Margot at the Wedding, and Into the Wild. I’ve privately bitched about the lack of publicity surrounding Sound (even the release date seemed misguided, as it fell right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival and thus necessarily turned coverage of the movie by bloggers and other indie journalists of limited resources into an afterthought), so I’m hoping these nominations will give Magnolia the impetus to give the film a stronger push. According to the distributor’s website, they’re still planning a slow roll-out to smaller markets through December. Other Spout favorites to make the cut: Julia Loktev’s Day Night Day Night earned two nominations, for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor; and Ronnie Bronstein’s Frownland will compete in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You race. As of this writing, IFP hasn’t posted the list of nominees on their website, but you can check out an alphabetical list on nominees, ripped from the press release, after the jump. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog's blog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/8/15/18125.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/15/2007 9:01:05 AM
Body: Giving credence to rumors that have been floating around for many weeks, IFC confirmed yesterday that they’re planning to move away from distributing moderate-budget festival acquisitions in order to concentrate more attention on their IFC FirstTake program. This can only be good news for VOD-loving indie film fans. FirstTake has brought some of the year’s best films to cable boxes, including Day Night Day Night, Lars Von Trier’s The Boss of it All, and current selection This is England; they already have plans to distribute highly-anticipated (by me, at least) festival holdovers such as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. Can you imagine what they could do if they tried harder? Fox has struck a deal with what appears to be some kind of unofficial union called the Writing Partners, designed to lure top screenwriters to the studio by promising that the scribes will earn money off the gross if the movies get made.  This seems to be more thinly-veiled strike hysteria: Fox is worried that the crunch to get pictures in the can over the next twelve months will result in a dearth of quality, so they’re doing whatever it takes to get confirmed hit makers (Mr and Mrs Smith scribe Simon Kinberg and Little Miss Sunshine Oscar winner Michael Arndt are among the Partners) on board while they can. Len Wiseman, fresh off of resurrecting the Die Hard franchise, is in talks to steer a remake of Escape From New York. Gerard Butler (better known as “that guy from 300“) is apparently lined up to play the Kurt Russell role. Originally posted on:Spoutblog
]]>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:01:05 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/15/2007 9:01:05 AM Giving credence to rumors that have been floating around for many weeks, IFC confirmed yesterday that they’re planning to move away from distributing moderate-budget festival acquisitions in order to concentrate more attention on their IFC FirstTake program. This can only be good news for VOD-loving indie film fans. FirstTake has brought some of the year’s best films to cable boxes, including Day Night Day Night, Lars Von Trier’s The Boss of it All, and current selection This is England; they already have plans to distribute highly-anticipated (by me, at least) festival holdovers such as Hannah Takes the Stairs and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. Can you imagine what they could do if they tried harder? Fox has struck a deal with what appears to be some kind of unofficial union called the Writing Partners, designed to lure top screenwriters to the studio by promising that the scribes will earn money off the gross if the movies get made.  This seems to be more thinly-veiled strike hysteria: Fox is worried that the crunch to get pictures in the can over the next twelve months will result in a dearth of quality, so they’re doing whatever it takes to get confirmed hit makers (Mr and Mrs Smith scribe Simon Kinberg and Little Miss Sunshine Oscar winner Michael Arndt are among the Partners) on board while they can. Len Wiseman, fresh off of resurrecting the Die Hard franchise, is in talks to steer a remake of Escape From New York. Gerard Butler (better known as “that guy from 300“) is apparently lined up to play the Kurt Russell role. Originally posted on:Spoutblog http://www.spout.com/blogs/jscott/archive/2007/8/7/17548.aspx Post By: JScott
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Post Date: 8/7/2007 5:33:00 PM
Body: Directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi.Starring Hinano Yoshikawa, Ai Maeda, Shuji Kashiwabara, Hideo Nakaizumi, Meisa Kuroki.Director Mitsuo Yanagimachi creates a gripping atmosphere in an ensamble character study about filmmaking. This film rotates around life experiences that the cast and the characters each engulf themselves in. The basis of the film the students are making, The Bored Murderer, is about a Junior High student who kills to see how it feels. The storyline of that film echoes a number of plotlines used throughout the actual film. Students are stalked by girlfriends and professors, while others commit borderline adultry and later feel guilty about it.The best aspects of this film are the acting, which is great, and the cinematography which is even better. The opening shot not only draws comparrison to Orson Welles' Touch of Evil via the dialogue but also through the long strolling shot that takes us all across the campus and even through the traditional and modern Japanese culture.The cross-cutting between the student's film and the actual film creates a very tense ending. It grabs the viewer and makes us unsure what we are watching. For those who have never been on a set it is an unique chance to see how a film is made and what the outcome looks like. The depth of the characters and their continuing evolution through the script mirrors the chance in young adults and in actors. Like the ending, the film blurs the line the entire time between acting for The Bored Murderer and acting in Who's Camus Anyway? We learn what this kids are about through the difficulties they endure during the shooting of their student project. It's very much like Truffaut's Day for Night which was the first mockumentary that Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest later popularized with their brand of tongue in cheek humor.I enjoyed the references to La Nouvelle Vague directors (Godard, Truffaut, etc.) and other important films. There are also mentions of crucial authors and literature. This film really hits on many levels and I think it is one of the best mocku-drama's I have ever seen. It blurs the edges so it blends together properly. Definately a winning film.
]]>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:33:00 GMTJScottJScott Blog8/7/2007 5:33:00 PMDirected by Mitsuo Yanagimachi.Starring Hinano Yoshikawa, Ai Maeda, Shuji Kashiwabara, Hideo Nakaizumi, Meisa Kuroki.Director Mitsuo Yanagimachi creates a gripping atmosphere in an ensamble character study about filmmaking. This film rotates around life experiences that the cast and the characters each engulf themselves in. The basis of the film the students are making, The Bored Murderer, is about a Junior High student who kills to see how it feels. The storyline of that film echoes a number of plotlines used throughout the actual film. Students are stalked by girlfriends and professors, while others commit borderline adultry and later feel guilty about it.The best aspects of this film are the acting, which is great, and the cinematography which is even better. The opening shot not only draws comparrison to Orson Welles&#39; Touch of Evil via the dialogue but also through the long strolling shot that takes us all across the campus and even through the traditional and modern Japanese culture.The cross-cutting between the student&#39;s film and the actual film creates a very tense ending. It grabs the viewer and makes us unsure what we are watching. For those who have never been on a set it is an unique chance to see how a film is made and what the outcome looks like. The depth of the characters and their continuing evolution through the script mirrors the chance in young adults and in actors. Like the ending, the film blurs the line the entire time between acting for The Bored Murderer and acting in Who&#39;s Camus Anyway? We learn what this kids are about through the difficulties they endure during the shooting of their student project. It&#39;s very much like Truffaut&#39;s Day for Night which was the first mockumentary that Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest later popularized with their brand of tongue in cheek humor.I enjoyed the references to La Nouvelle Vague directors (Godard, Truffaut, etc.) and other important films. There are also mentions of crucial authors and literature. This film really hits on many levels and I think it is one of the best mocku-drama&#39;s I have ever seen. It blurs the edges so it blends together properly. Definately a winning film. http://www.spout.com/blogs/demndiary/archive/2007/8/6/17473.aspx Post By: Demndiary
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Post Date: 8/6/2007 11:58:00 PM
Body: Dominique Standaert's Hop is not what can be expected. It is a weird cross between Day Night Day Night and The Sting. The cast is small but the story is large, and surprizing to see so quickly after 2001. Kalomba Mbuy is Justin, a quick witted straight A student with a secret. Both he and his father (Ansou Diedhiou) are illegal immigrants. When his father is framed by some vicious and racist neighbors, Justin is forced to flee. It is then he meets Frans Missone (Jan Decleir) a retired anarchist who still has problems woth the law. He also meets Gerda (Antje de Boeck) the woman who loves Frans, and has for a long time. Both Frans and Gerda become Justin's parents and go out of their way to help his get his father back after he is deported. What should be a stark, dark story is fun and fast paced from the first frame. Standaert films in black and white and it becomes a true canvas for the eyes. His framing and lighting recall still photographs not film. The story is a con. It is four characters playing the system to reach a goal. It is not a terrorist or anarchist story. The goal is hope, with a snicker. The relationship between Frans and Justin is the soul of much of the story. Frans is tired and old and misses his revolutionary ways. He still has all the knowledge but is afraid to use it because of the past. He is grumpy and malcontent. The presense of Justin wakes up Frans to dream beyond the past minute. Justin also acts as a voice between Frans and Gerda. Kalomba Mbuy plays Justin as clever and quick and smarter than everyone around him. He also gives him vulnerability and compassion. It is a strong role for such a young actor. Hop is the punchline. When you understand what the joke is all you can do is laugh.
]]>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:58:00 GMTDemndiaryDemndiary Blog8/6/2007 11:58:00 PMDominique Standaert&#39;s Hop is not what can be expected. It is a weird cross between Day Night Day Night and The Sting. The cast is small but the story is large, and surprizing to see so quickly after 2001. Kalomba Mbuy is Justin, a quick witted straight A student with a secret. Both he and his father (Ansou Diedhiou) are illegal immigrants. When his father is framed by some vicious and racist neighbors, Justin is forced to flee. It is then he meets Frans Missone (Jan Decleir) a retired anarchist who still has problems woth the law. He also meets Gerda (Antje de Boeck) the woman who loves Frans, and has for a long time. Both Frans and Gerda become Justin&#39;s parents and go out of their way to help his get his father back after he is deported. What should be a stark, dark story is fun and fast paced from the first frame. Standaert films in black and white and it becomes a true canvas for the eyes. His framing and lighting recall still photographs not film. The story is a con. It is four characters playing the system to reach a goal. It is not a terrorist or anarchist story. The goal is hope, with a snicker. The relationship between Frans and Justin is the soul of much of the story. Frans is tired and old and misses his revolutionary ways. He still has all the knowledge but is afraid to use it because of the past. He is grumpy and malcontent. The presense of Justin wakes up Frans to dream beyond the past minute. Justin also acts as a voice between Frans and Gerda. Kalomba Mbuy plays Justin as clever and quick and smarter than everyone around him. He also gives him vulnerability and compassion. It is a strong role for such a young actor. Hop is the punchline. When you understand what the joke is all you can do is laugh. http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/7/13/13863.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 7/13/2007 4:00:27 PM
Body: Six months after Telluride, these are the films still stuck in my mind: The amazing dance hall scene of Grémillion's Maldonne. The patient humor of Dodsworth. The final shot of Julia Loktev's Day Night Day Night. And teenagers sitting in a circle at a community center trying and failing to articulate feelings in Civic Life. Originally posted on:Schwinnfender
]]>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:00:27 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com7/13/2007 4:00:27 PMSix months after Telluride, these are the films still stuck in my mind: The amazing dance hall scene of Grémillion's Maldonne. The patient humor of Dodsworth. The final shot of Julia Loktev's Day Night Day Night. And teenagers sitting in a circle at a community center trying and failing to articulate feelings in Civic Life. Originally posted on:Schwinnfender http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/Re_FilmCouch_19_Paul_and_Kevin_go_to_NY_without/302/8557/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: porcupine
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Post Date: 5/11/2007 12:11:55 PM
Body: For those of you who, like us, were not able to make it to Tribeca, be sure to check out their website, which has a slick trailer viewer. It's a great way to put films on your "See This When It Comes Out In Extremely Limited Release In Nine Months Or So" list. Also, I mentioned on a different thread that if you can't get to a theatre that's showing Julia Loktev's Day Night Day Night, be sure to at least see the trailer. My Mac wouldn't play it through Spout (I guess I haven't kept my plug-ins up to date) but I had no trouble viewing it here. So what did everyone think of these movies, or at least the 2 minute online versions of them?
]]>Fri, 11 May 2007 16:11:55 GMTporcupineFilmCouch5/11/2007 12:11:55 PMFor those of you who, like us, were not able to make it to Tribeca, be sure to check out their website, which has a slick trailer viewer. It&#39;s a great way to put films on your "See This When It Comes Out In Extremely Limited Release In Nine Months Or So" list. Also, I mentioned on a different thread that if you can&#39;t get to a theatre that&#39;s showing Julia Loktev&#39;s Day Night Day Night, be sure to at least see the trailer. My Mac wouldn&#39;t play it through Spout (I guess I haven&#39;t kept my plug-ins up to date) but I had no trouble viewing it here. So what did everyone think of these movies, or at least the 2 minute online versions of them? http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/FilmCouch_19_Paul_and_Kevin_go_to_NY_without_eve/302/8553/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 5/11/2007 11:08:08 AM
Body: Download FilmCouch #19 here Paul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst's feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters.
]]>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:08:08 GMTpaulFilmCouch5/11/2007 11:08:08 AM Download FilmCouch #19 here Paul and Kevin go to NY without ever leaving the office. Karina Longworth gives us the down low on the Tribeca Film Festival (check out her posts here). Interviews with Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) on Durst&#39;s feature debut, The Education of Charlie Banks. Zak Penn, The Grand, talks about the comedy duo Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Cotter) and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo). A new interview with Julia Loktev on Day Night Day Night, her film opens tonight in theaters. http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/Re_FilmCouch_18_Sympathy_for_the_Devil_what_mak/302/8471/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 5/9/2007 3:36:04 PM
Body: [quote user="porcupine"] Another one to look out for is Day Night Day Night, which opens in limited release on Friday. Also on Friday the new FilmCouch comes out, where we feature an interview with the director, Julia Loktev. I think the film is amazing, and it sheds new light on this whole discussion. If it opens in your town, go see it. Or a least be sure to check out the trailer. If you can't get it to work on Spout, click here.[/quote]It would be nice to finally see that after all you guys have talked about it.
]]>Wed, 09 May 2007 19:36:04 GMTRisseladaFilmCouch5/9/2007 3:36:04 PM[quote user="porcupine"] Another one to look out for is Day Night Day Night, which opens in limited release on Friday. Also on Friday the new FilmCouch comes out, where we feature an interview with the director, Julia Loktev. I think the film is amazing, and it sheds new light on this whole discussion. If it opens in your town, go see it. Or a least be sure to check out the trailer. If you can&#39;t get it to work on Spout, click here.[/quote]It would be nice to finally see that after all you guys have talked about it. http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/Re_FilmCouch_18_Sympathy_for_the_Devil_what_mak/302/8467/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: porcupine
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Post Date: 5/9/2007 2:30:37 PM
Body: "There are "bad guys" in some movies that have almost the exact same characteristics as "good guys" in other movies." This is interesting to me. I think we touched on it in the podcast, but there are many different ways to blur the good guy/bad guy line. This month we're seeing Hollywood's big budget take on that idea in the form of a set of heroes that includes a pirate, an ogre, and a normally nice guy who starts wearing black and acting like an asshole. Ultimately, i think movies like American Beauty and Unforgiven do a much better job of provoking thought on the subject. Another one to look out for is Day Night Day Night, which opens in limited release on Friday. Also on Friday the new FilmCouch comes out, where we feature an interview with the director, Julia Loktev. I think the film is amazing, and it sheds new light on this whole discussion. If it opens in your town, go see it. Or a least be sure to check out the trailer. If you can't get it to work on Spout, click here.
]]>Wed, 09 May 2007 18:30:37 GMTporcupineFilmCouch5/9/2007 2:30:37 PM"There are "bad guys" in some movies that have almost the exact same characteristics as "good guys" in other movies." This is interesting to me. I think we touched on it in the podcast, but there are many different ways to blur the good guy/bad guy line. This month we&#39;re seeing Hollywood&#39;s big budget take on that idea in the form of a set of heroes that includes a pirate, an ogre, and a normally nice guy who starts wearing black and acting like an asshole. Ultimately, i think movies like American Beauty and Unforgiven do a much better job of provoking thought on the subject. Another one to look out for is Day Night Day Night, which opens in limited release on Friday. Also on Friday the new FilmCouch comes out, where we feature an interview with the director, Julia Loktev. I think the film is amazing, and it sheds new light on this whole discussion. If it opens in your town, go see it. Or a least be sure to check out the trailer. If you can&#39;t get it to work on Spout, click here. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/beautiful/MemberTagFilms.aspxbeautiful
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