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The Tracey Fragments (2007)

The Tracey Fragments
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    nerd85nerd85 Fragments of watchable cinema.
    by nerd85 in nerd85 Blog
    lost interest.
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     "I like Ellen Page a lot. My brother owns a fair amount of her filmography and for good reason...this unfortunately, isn't one of them. I got to the 30 minute mark and I consider 20 minutes a decent test of whether I can invest emotion into a film. A bad practice on my part, but I try to avoid watching something that feels like a chore to finish. I found it hard to invest much of anything into even a single scene of The Tracey Fragements, because it didn't want to let me. Despite the ADHD editing, the characterization (if painfully flat) is set up quickly enough to leave out the guess work. It has to be. And since damning a film for being artistically and conceptually unique is against pretty much everything I stand for, I respect the vision. " [More]
    Ravie13Ravie13 The Tracey Review
    by Ravie13 in Ravie13 Blog
    is neutral about it.
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     "If you're looking for a point A to point B, straight forward Hollywood-style movie - do NOT rent this movie. But if you're in the mood for something different, I found this movie amazing to watch!! Kudos to the editors. This movie has more in common with something like Timecode than Juno. OK so the acting/dialogue isn't always believable, but it's good. Is there a resolution? I'm not sure but really this movie belongs in a modern art gallery more than in a theater. " [More]
    JJ79JJ79 The Tracey Fragments (2007)
    by JJ79 in JJ79 Blog
    hasn't rated it.
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     "Ellen Page received an Oscar nomination for "Juno." While her role as a pregnant teen is the one most people will know her for, it is her turn as Tracey Berkowitz in "The Tracey Fragments" which should be recognized. Yes, her sarcastic, droll, pop-culture happy Juno won the hearts of audiences and critics yet lacked a certain depth; Tracey, on the other hand, is required to run the gamut of emotions as well as keep a fragmented-pardon the pun-film afloat. Tracey Berkowitz has a problem: she has hypnotized her younger brother Sonny into thinking he is a dog. In and of itself, this is a small problem. But when she leaves her house despite being grounded, prompting Sonny to follow her, a series of events is put into motion. The young boy goes missing, Tracey leaves home permanently and has sex with the boy of her dreams, among other sordid situations. Even if the narrative leaves something to be desired, I will give style points-to an extent-to director Bruce McDonald for having th ... " [More]
    KarinaKarina Tracey Fragments and the Ellen ...
    by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog
    hasn't rated it.
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     "I’ve been tracking the odd pop cultural situation that awaits this month’s release of The Tracey Fragments for awhile now. The film, which I’ve written about before, stars Juno phenom Ellen Page; it premiered at Berlin in 2007 and played tons of festivals, but by year’s end had failed to secure U.S. theatrical distribution. Then, in February of this year, when Page was at the peak of her powers as a precocious Oscar nominee and face of one of the biggest “surprise” hits in recent memory, Tracey was picked up by ThinkFilm for domestic distribution. This is a film which, despite positive reviews and an award from Berlin, went almost completely unnoticed when it screened at Toronto in September, largely because it didn’t have a distributor that could afford to hire track suited boys to pass out branded Tic Tacs on its behalf. And yet, as soon as ThinkFilm put out a new trailer for the film, it promptly attracted a bunch of [More]
    SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Tracey Fragments and the Ellen ...
    by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com
    hasn't rated it.
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     "I’ve been tracking the odd pop cultural situation that awaits this month’s release of The Tracey Fragments for awhile now. The film, which I’ve written about before, stars Juno phenom Ellen Page; it premiered at Berlin in 2007 and played tons of festivals, but by year’s end had failed to secure U.S. theatrical distribution. Then, in February of this year, when Page was at the peak of her powers as a precocious Oscar nominee and face of one of the biggest “surprise” hits in recent memory, Tracey was picked up by ThinkFilm for domestic distribution. This is a film which, despite positive reviews and an award from Berlin, went almost completely unnoticed when it screened at Toronto in September, largely because it didn’t have a distributor that could afford to hire track suited boys to pass out branded Tic Tacs on its behalf. And yet, as soon as ThinkFilm put out a new trailer for the film, it promptly attracted a bunch of [More]
    ShaunHustonShaunHuston The Tracey Fragments
    by ShaunHuston in ShaunHuston filmblog
    hasn't rated it.
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     "The Tracey Fragments is a movie that plays with your mind, but not for common, plot-driven reasons. Rather, director Bruce McDonald, writer Maureen Medved, and editors Gareth Scales and Jeremy Munce, blur the lines between forms of reality – interior/exterior, perceived/objective – not to misdirect or form a puzzle, but to pull the audience into the world of the film's teen protagonist, Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page).I have no doubt that others in the overstuffed Salem Cinema auditorium last weekend would have a different a take on the film, that there is a thread of external/objective reality running through the narrative. And maybe there is. However, I don't think that the filmmakers provide any grounds upon which to establish which images are meant to signify, for certain, some bedrock reality and which represent Tracey's subjective experience of the world. The Tracey Fragments visualizes its title by showing its (non-linear) narrative in split screen and “picture-in-picture” im ... " [More]
    ShaunHustonShaunHuston Salem Film Festival: The Tracey ...
    by ShaunHuston in ShaunHuston filmblog
    hasn't rated it.
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     "Anne-Marie and I had Saturday passes to the Salem Film Festival. I was motivated to buy the passes so we would be sure to see The Tracey Fragments, the latest from director Bruce MacDonald (Roadkill, Hard Core Logo), and starring Ellen Page. It was a full house and a truly interesting film. As much as Canadians may mourn the lack of commercial traction for their indigenous films, especially English-Canadian film, The Tracey Fragments demonstrates why the world is better when artists feel free to experiment. A full review by next weekend. I promise. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs " [More]
    KarinaKarina Trade Roughage 02/20/08
    by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog
    hasn't rated it.
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     "Oscar producers are worried that the alleged inaccessibility of this year’s major nominees will have a negative impact on the telecast’s ratings. But how could that be, when the Best Picture nominees are so full of memorable catchprases? “I drink your milkshake!” “Homeskillet doodle blog!” “I am putting my scruples aside in order to blackmail you in the name of the greater good,” or whatever George Clooney says at the end of Michael Clayton! Speaking of bad means and good ends, the Juno phenomena is spilling over to benefit an actual indie film. Bruce McDonald’s The Tracey Fragments, which played the Berlin, Toronto and Denver film festivals last year, and which stars Ellen Page, has secured U.S. theatrical distribution via ThinkFilm. Page’s current hotness notwithstanding, the pick-up is something of a surprise, considering that it’s coming three months after McDonald posted raw footage of the film online as part of a contest for its DVD release. Owen Wilson [More]
    SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Trade Roughage 02/20/08
    by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com
    hasn't rated it.
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     "Oscar producers are worried that the alleged inaccessibility of this year’s major nominees will have a negative impact on the telecast’s ratings. But how could that be, when the Best Picture nominees are so full of memorable catchprases? “I drink your milkshake!” “Homeskillet doodle blog!” “I am putting my scruples aside in order to blackmail you in the name of the greater good,” or whatever George Clooney says at the end of Michael Clayton! Speaking of bad means and good ends, the Juno phenomena is spilling over to benefit an actual indie film. Bruce McDonald’s The Tracey Fragments, which played the Berlin, Toronto and Denver film festivals last year, and which stars Ellen Page, has secured U.S. theatrical distribution via ThinkFilm. Page’s current hotness notwithstanding, the pick-up is something of a surprise, considering that it’s coming three months after McDonald posted raw footage of the film online as part of a contest for its DVD release. Owen Wilson [More]
    DemndiaryDemndiary Linear Chaos
    by Demndiary in Demndiary Blog
    loved it.
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     "Ellen Page is Tracey Berkowitz, an outcast in her school, family and life who ends up on the streets of Ontario in this surreal drama. Bruce McDonald's The Tracey Fragments is based upon Maureen Medved's book. The film is linear and dreamlike as the screen is filled with multiple images reflecting Tracey's thinking. The film is astoudingly compelling. The speed is quick and gives broad and repetitive views of the same events as Tracey explains her reality. In her mind Billy Zero (Slim Twig), the hot new guy at school, loves her. He didn't rape her. Tracey's family is a horror story of a father (Ari Cohen) who doesn't listen to her, and a mother (Erin McMurty) who is disconnected to reality. Sonny, Tracey's younger brother, is her only ray of hope even though she hypnotized him to believe that he is dog. Sonny has gone missing, and Tracey is looking for him. Tracey Berkowitz is one of Ellen Page's edgiest characters. She is liked b ... " [More]
 
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