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Not Quite a White guy in the 17 ...
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"After falling in love with David Gordon Green’s Undertow, I checked out some of his other films. George Washington was first on the list because I saw that it was also part of the Criterion Collection. George Washington is not about a white man from the mid-1700’s, but rather a group of children set in a small, rural southern town. With not much to do, they spend their days wandering around the broken community and have conversations that form into a collage of innocence. After a tragedy happens amongst the group, they all come together and attempt to cover it up which leads to their individual quests for redemption. In one of the most poetically beautiful films I’ve seen recently, David Gordon Green tells the heartbreaking story of kids who are forced to enter the adult world early and make decisions that they shouldn’t have to make. Although I’m sure not everyone has had to go through what the kids in the film had to go through, I believe it is the p ... "
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Undertow on Reel 13
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"I was very much against UNDERTOW when I first saw it in theaters back in 2004, thinking that director David Gordon Green's flares of lyricism don't mesh well with the cat and mouse cross-country chase plot of the film. While that is still true and is ultimately the film's fatal flaw, I was able to recognize more of the film strengths while watching it again recently on Reel 13, particularly as it pertains to the performance of Dermot Mulroney. I do not remember being impressed with him, but upon rewatching it, I found him to be extremely subtle and grounded – a gratifying emotional center of the story. Unfortunately for both me and the film, the lion's share of the screen time goes to the growling, scenery-chewing Josh Lucas (supposedly, at one point, he was a serious dramatic theater actor in plays like Terence McNally's "Corpus Christi" – what happened???!?). On the whole, the stylistic elements that Green incorporates in the film – freeze frames, zooms, using t ... "
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Week 30.
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"Titles in bold represent a first time viewing. 346. Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)----------I thought that this was a pretty great collage-type film with the likeness of a more familiar title, Crash. Aside from Julianne Moore's performance, one of the few things I didn't like was the fact that the characters didn't connect with each other other than the bizarre finale at the end of the film. (7.5 / 10) 347. Stuck (Gordon, 2007)----------Based on a true story, stuck follows a wannabe-ghetto woman (Mena Suvari) after she hits a homeless man and drives him into her garage. The acting was terrible, the premise was good though. Towards the end, it began to pick up in terms of entertainment. (6 / 10) 348. Equilibrium (Wimmer, 2002)----------Christian Bale? Sweet. Reviews relating it to The Matrix? Awesome. This is why I initially c "
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10 Great Movies About Brothers
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"If there’s one thing I relate to on the big screen, it’s the depiction of fraternal relationships. I’m the middle of three brothers (excluding the half-brother I only knew as a toddler and the former stepbrother I only knew briefly as an adult), and at different points in my life I’ve either hated them or considered them my best friends. So, yeah, I can’t wait to see Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as new siblings who go from being enemies to BFFs when forced to live together. Choosing a handful of favorite movies about brotherhood is really tough. After all, tales of brothers go all the way back to almost the beginning, with the story of Cain and Abel. And a number of favorites can’t exactly be discussed, because the revelation of brothers, especially twin brothers, is often the surprise twist in films. So, before you start naming a thousand other films about brothers that I’ve forgotten (such as The Brothers McMullen and Legends of the Fall), keep in mind ... "
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"Here's something I will be unable to attend, but definitely wanted to let you all know about. Tonight, indieWIRE presents a discussion with filmmaker David Gordon Green (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Undertow and the upcoming Pineapple Express) whose latest feature film Snow Angels opens in limited theatrical release on Friday. Along with Green, one of the film’s young stars, Olivia Thirlby (Juno) will also participate in the Q&A moderated by indieWIRE Editor-in-chief Eugene Hernandez.Last year, I saw Snow Angels at BAM, where Green and Thirlby were also accompanied by another of the film’s principal performers, Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind "
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Great Work of 'Sound'
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"There's a lot of hope in this 'Great World of Sound.' A group of eager salesmen have been granted the title of "music producers" and turned loose on towns throughout the southern United States with the hope of finding new talent. Then there are the performers who answer the call for auditions, hoping to catch a break and record a hit song. Both groups, however, are unaware of the hope that carries the greatest weight here, hinted at by the film's first image of a regular old vinyl record being spray painted gold.The main character here is the honest yet naive Martin (Pat Healy), who comes into this story with a string of past jobs and past loves. After being hired by Great World of Sound Productions, he is genuinely excited by the prospect of finding undiscovered talent. The money could allow him to run a home office selling the homemade crafts his girlfriend (Rebecca Mader) produces in the garage. Martin buddies up with a charismatic new hire named Claren ... "
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"Sundance Institute at BAM - "Snow Angels" Saturday, June 2, 2007At the Sundance Institute at BAM, David Gordon Green, director of George Washington, All the Real Girls and Undertow, screened his latest feature, Snow Angels, that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Green adapted Snow Angels from the novel by Stewart O'Nan. Together with cast members Sam Rockwell (
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