• 20Jul

    Posted by


    File under:


      •  

    Screen Shot Quiz #80

    11

    A distinctly different kind of ‘superhero’ film. OK, that is probably of more of a red herring than a clue. Nevertheless, this is a great little debut film from a young and talented director.

    Screen Shot Quiz 80

11 Comments


  1. Cinexcellence says:
    July 20, 2008 at 11:22 pm

    Gattaca, if I’m not terribly mistaken.

    Reply
  2. Rusty James says:
    July 20, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    George Washington. I win.

    Reply
  3. Rusty James says:
    July 20, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Way to suck at guessing movies Cinexcellence.

    Maybe you should change your name to Cine-good try.

    Reply
  4. rot says:
    July 21, 2008 at 6:29 am

    I knew that one… so does this mean you have actually seen George Washington now? whats thy opinion?

    Reply
  5. Kurt says:
    July 21, 2008 at 6:30 am

    Rusty’s been drinking the surly-juice, but he is absolutely correct on George Washington. Been starting to go through all of DGD’s films in prep for the (admittedly oddball for him) Pineapple Express.

    I’d always heard this one compared to Days of Heaven (cinematography, voice-over), but really, the film felt just as much similar to Charles Burnett’s KILLER OF SHEEP, and even a little tiny bit ‘Stand by Me’

    Next up: Undertow.

    Reply
  6. Kurt Halfyard says:
    July 21, 2008 at 6:43 am

    I loved the pacing and the mood in George Washington, it had that ‘slow endless summer’ feel to it (a la ‘Y Tu Mama Tambian’), I guess seeing All The Real Girls recently (and getting a whiff of Malick off that picture) prepared me for that, this would have been a shock had I encountered this as the feature debut of a 25 year old writer/director.

    Reply
  7. Kurt Halfyard says:
    July 21, 2008 at 6:45 am

    Also, I can highly recommend Todd Rohal’s 2006 ultra-indie THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422366/ ), which plays like a dada-ist version of GEORGE WASHINGTON, and not surprisingly is produced by David Gordon Green. It has the same level of quality cinematgraphy and ‘short-story’ / elegiac pacing. it is just a little ‘weirder’

    Reply
  8. rot says:
    July 21, 2008 at 6:47 am

    I enjoyed Green’s recent film, Snow Angels (is that the title?). Very subdued, but well done.

    Reply
  9. Kurt Halfyard says:
    July 21, 2008 at 7:34 am

    ‘Subdued but well done’ seems to be his modus operandi, although the Pineapple Express seems to be a divergence. I’m looking forward to Snow Angels as well.

    Reply
  10. Cinexcellence says:
    July 21, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    :)

    Compared to Days of Heaven? George Washington magically rises to the top of my NetFlix queue…

    Reply
  11. Rusty James says:
    July 21, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    I kid, I kid

    Reply

Leave a comment