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Paranoid Park (2007)
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"In no particular order, some movies I saw during my Christmas vacation: Paranoid Park - Apparently high school is just as boring and arbitrary as I remember it, even if you've killed someone and are trying to evade the police. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Probably didn't need to be as long as it was, but it was far better than what the preview lead me to believe. On the other hand, it's not something I can picture myself watching over and over again like I can with some of Fincher's other films. Will probably earn a top 10 slot whenever I get around to compiling such a list for 2008. Milk - I guess I'm the only person in the world to think that it's possible that Milk doesn't do a body good. I just couldn't connect with this movie. While it's well made and Penn's performance is great, I can't get over the usual biopic lameness. I guess I just don't like biopics in general, and this one is no different. It seems to me that this subject is much more ideally suited to a ... "
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"Gus Van Sant's new flick which is in theaters and On Demand through IFC. Only 80 mins long and a lot of the scenes are repeated through flashbacks. One of the better Van Sant films as of late (I was yelling at the TV when watching Gerry.... two hours of watching people walk through the dessert. I shit you not). Interesting choices for music and non-actors. Some good and some bad on both fronts. The cinematography was great especially on the skateboarding scenes. Def. an art house flick through and through. "
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Paranoid Park
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"Adapted from Blake Nelson’s young adult novel, Paranoid Park is a wonderful mystery, not so much whodunit, although that’s part of it, but as a character study. The film’s focus isn’t about solving the crime, but how the main character deals with it.Alex (Gabe Nevins) tells his version of the story in a journal. He is in high school and a harmful incident has thrown his life into a state of confusion, causing him to withdraw and impacting matters like how he deals with the affections of the attractive Jennifer who considers them a couple and the separation of his parents.As he goes through the events in his mind, the plot is presented out of chronological order, causing the revelations to add to the mystery. Detective Lu interviews Alex because a skateboarder is suspected in foul play related to a rail yard security guard getting run over by a train. The viewer has no idea of Alex’s involvement, if any.As the film progresses and the truth, or at least ... "
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"Gus Van Sant exploring his familiar Northwest American childhood detachment and apathy. This is among his best work - in the same league with Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho and Elephant. I cannot wait to watch this again soon. It really is a companion piece to Elephant without the abject horror. I know of these skatepark guys - I have seen them and met them recently and I used to do a bit of this myself back in the day - in this film a culture that signifies a generation or generations of youngsters alienated by the CNN new culture of bad news and the breakdown of the family in all its nastiness. The scene between Alex (Gabe Nevins) and his wayward father (Jay 'Smay' Williamson) near the end serves as an afterthought given the make up of Alex and his droogs. It is truly amazing how Van Sant captures this culture in a way far more superior to MTV, Nick Jr, you know what I mean. I am too old to watch those stations. This is stark realism set to an amazing soundtrack. ... "
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"Married Life, Paranoid Park, and Snow Angels: three independently produced American films, all being released this weekend by indie arms of major corporations, and three films that, according to Anthony Kaufman, are surprisingly serious about the “notion that we must come to terms with our complicity in other people’s pain, as well as our own.” In this piece at Filmcatcher, Kaufman wonders what prompted filmmakers Ira Sachs, Gus Van Sant and David Gordon Green to tackle similar themes in very different ways. “Could it be some long-gestating post-9/11 reflection, or a reaction to the Iraq war and its horrendous collateral damages, from Abu Ghraib and Haditha? Or is it a newfound understanding of globalization, that we are all interconnected and responsible for each other?” I haven’t seen Snow Angels. I saw Married Life months ago, but I really didn’t care for it and don’t think I could consider it seriously. But Paranoid Park is a really interesting film, one I wish I had time to wr ... "
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"Married Life, Paranoid Park, and Snow Angels: three independently produced American films, all being released this weekend by indie arms of major corporations, and three films that, according to Anthony Kaufman, are surprisingly serious about the “notion that we must come to terms with our complicity in other people’s pain, as well as our own.” In this piece at Filmcatcher, Kaufman wonders what prompted filmmakers Ira Sachs, Gus Van Sant and David Gordon Green to tackle similar themes in very different ways. “Could it be some long-gestating post-9/11 reflection, or a reaction to the Iraq war and its horrendous collateral damages, from Abu Ghraib and Haditha? Or is it a newfound understanding of globalization, that we are all interconnected and responsible for each other?” I haven’t seen Snow Angels. I saw Married Life months ago, but I really didn’t care for it and don’t think I could consider it seriously. But Paranoid Park is a really interesting film, one I wish I had time to wr ... "
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"What if this movie were not directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gus Van Sant? What if it had not been honored with a special prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival? What if it had not been an official selection of the Toronto and New York Film Festivals? What if it wasn’t nominated for three (Independent) Spirit Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Producer? What if Manohla Dargis didn’t consider it, “one of the most moving and delicately felt films of Gus Van Sant’s career”? Would Paranoid Park still seem that appealing? Not to me, but then I’ve seen enough films involving teens covering up an intentional or accidental murder. And that’s despite having enjoyed most of them, including Mean Creek, Bully, George Washington and even (though much, much less so)
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The ultimate skate movie?
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"Eugene Hernandez of indieWIRE is laying down the buzz in Cannes, and it’s no real surprise Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), the Coen brothers (No Country For Old Men) and Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park) are getting the spotlight. (Of course, there’s a certain status a filmmaker can attain where they become the buzz just by stepping off the plane at a festival. I’d say these filmmakers are in that camp and for good reason.) Among these three films, it’s Hernandez’ synopsis of Van Sant’s Paranoid Park which has both the former skater and former art student inside me hugging and jumping up and down with anticipation: As for the sound and look, Van Sant has woven a number of natural audio and soundscape work into the soundtrack, utilizing some musique concrete that is built upon real world sounds. Much of it is work by musician and sound artist Ethan Rose. For the images, Van Sant worked with frequent Won Kar Wai collaborator Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li as his ... "
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"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 s "
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"Eugene Hernandez of indieWIRE is laying down the buzz in Cannes, and it's no real surprise Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), the Coen brothers (No Country For Old Men) and Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park) are getting the spotlight. (Of course, there's a certain status a filmmaker can attain where they become the buzz just by stepping off the plane at a festival. I'd say these filmmakers are in that camp and for good reason.) Among these three films, it's Hernandez' synopsis of Van Sant's Paranoid Park which has both the former skater and former art student inside me hugging and jumping up and down with anticipation: As for the sound and look, Van Sant has woven a number of natural audio and soundscape work into the soundtrack, utilizing some musique concrete that is built upon real world sounds. Much of it is work by musician and sound artist Ethan Rose. For the images, Van Sant worked with frequent Won Kar Wai collaborator Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li as hi ... "
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