• About
  • My Photography

yyanchev

~ One has to conquer nothing but himself

yyanchev

Tag Archives: Kenneth Lonergan

As real as it gets in Manchester

12 Sunday Feb 2017

Posted by yyanchev in Ceramics, Living the Life, review

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Casey Affleck, film review, Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the sea, Michelle Williams, movie review

I haven’t really watched such a realistic film in a veeery long time…

32464902760_81a84d591f_z

Although, this movie will go in my records as not the best of the best films of 2016, it will surely keep its value over the years. Not only because of the two pivotal scenes (at least for me) in it – with Affleck in the Police station and with Affleck and Williams in the conversation from the screen which I post. But because of the overall feeling which this film piece relates to the viewer. This is reality, this is as close and as rough as it is.

I don’t necessary enjoyed every act of the performance of Casey Affleck, but he surely strikes us as a very believable “dead” living person. The story vehicle takes its time to reveal the cause of his miserable existence and we slowly dive into his “ashes”. I really liked all the supporting cast as well. Starting from his nephew, played by Lucas Hedges, going through Kyle Chandler (is the coincidence in the family names purposeful?) and all the other minor participants (Matthew Broderick and even the director – Kenneth Lonergan).

The background of the real Manchester town is reassuring that this whole story is happening where it should be. I cannot help but remember the great song by Billy Joel – “The Downeaster Alexa”:

“So I could own my Downeaster “Alexa”
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can’t fall asleep”

And yes – the musical coverage is great. We get the classical pieces at the right time, we feel the emotion overwhelming us at the right moments.

This movie is a slow ride, at times a bit dragging in the details. But we all forget where we park our cars and we have all been through the moments of choosing the right condom πŸ™‚

Anyway, I wanted to emphasize on the two really meaningful moments for me which really grabbed me by the throat and made me remember this film – Lee Chandler’s breakdown at the police station and Randi’s remorse during their conversation towards the end of the film. I see them as emotional knots, culmination, nervous exit from a stalemate situation. And since we all reach such moments in our lives, when it’s all coming over the top, I feel that these two actors did their best. And they did it both subtly and extremely. The viewer correlates and empathizes in key moments with our main character. Kenneth Lonergan directs really well here and we see these actors strengths profoundly clear. What a wonderful lesson in cinema!

Of course I have to admit that Patrick’s character is really a separate center in this movie. You cannot help but feel sympathy for him throughout the whole film. His actions and words are thoughtfully adult amidst his uncle’s reserved and unresolved behavior. This is a film about losing and finding what is most precious in life. It is a movie about family, about time and about real life. It does not want to help you forget where you live and what you do in your every day routine. It stimulates you to do it better and not to lose your values and faith in good. It is a quiet story of ethereal meaning. The meaning of a lost and found reason to live.

Share this:

  • Tweet

Like this:

Like Loading...

Dreams

Blog Stats

  • 3,881 hits
Follow yyanchev on WordPress.com

Search my blog

Follow me on Facebook

Follow me on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent comments on my blog

yyanchev on Favorite movies of 2018
radomihov on Favorite movies of 2018
yyanchev on Always beside you, never …
Dan O. on Always beside you, never …
yyanchev on Inherent Vice

My latest Flickr photos

#stevenchiltonarchitects#stevenchiltonarchitects#stevenchiltonarchitectsywnrh
More Photos

Categories

  • Animation
  • Architecture
  • Ceramics
  • Cinema
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Fashion
  • Living the Life
  • Magic
  • Music
  • Novels
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Poetry
  • review
  • Sculpture
  • Short stories
  • Television
  • Theatre
  • Uncategorized

What I'm writing about

Animation Architecture Ceramics Cinema Dance Design Fashion Living the Life Magic Music Novels Painting Photography Poetry review Sculpture Short stories Television Theatre Uncategorized

My Tags

12 years a slave America anime art art of life blog Blue Jasmine book Breaking Bad character china chinese sculpture cinema Cloud Atlas culture Darren Aronofsky Desert dignity enjoy faith favorite favorite film film financial crisis fine art first folk freedom Ghost in the shell Gravity happy Her Hippie how to overcome human relationships Joaquin Phoenix Leonardo Di Caprio life life goes on love music Man of steel Martin Scorsese Matthew McConaughey meaning mistakes modern art movie movie review movies Music Only God forgives opinion Oscars 2014 photo review post prometheus R&B review rock Sade sci-f sci-fi Smooth jazz song The Artist The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit The lone ranger The Wolf of Wallstreet True detective truth TV series Wachowski what is evil Zabriskie point

Top Posts & Pages

  • Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner

My Top Rated Posts

Top Clicks

  • None

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 78 other followers

Blogs I Follow

  • Π Π΅Π³ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»Π΅Π½ историчСски ΠΌΡƒΠ·Π΅ΠΉ - Пловдив
  • M.FUNK PHOTOGRAPHY
  • LEANNE COLE
  • Interpreting the Stars
  • Simply Film
  • Keith & the Movies
  • Zdravko Yonchev Photography
  • Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights
  • J. W. Kurtz
  • ΠšΡŠΡΡ‡Π΅ ΠΎΡ‚ азиатското ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ

My Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

RSS links

  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Blog at WordPress.com.

Π Π΅Π³ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»Π΅Π½ историчСски ΠΌΡƒΠ·Π΅ΠΉ - Пловдив

Актуалното ΠΎΡ‚ РИМ-Пловдив

M.FUNK PHOTOGRAPHY

LEANNE COLE

Art and Practice

Interpreting the Stars

Dave Examines Movies

Simply Film

Film Explained Simply

Keith & the Movies

Zdravko Yonchev Photography

Ако ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄Π° Π³ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌ – Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌΠ°ΠΌΠ΅! Π©ΠΎΠΌ Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ΠΌ – Π³ΠΎ Ρ€Π°Π·Π±ΠΈΡ€Π°ΠΌΠ΅! Π©ΠΎΠΌ Π³ΠΎ Ρ€Π°Π·Π±Π΅Ρ€Π΅ΠΌ – вярвамС Π² Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ! Но само Ρ‡Ρ€Π΅Π· свСтлината ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄Π° Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΄Π°ΠΌΠ΅!

Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights

Reviewing every superhero and comic book movie ever made... eventually.

J. W. Kurtz

Fiction Writer, Product Reviews, Politics, and Movies: Something for One and All!

ΠšΡŠΡΡ‡Π΅ ΠΎΡ‚ азиатското ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ

Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
%d bloggers like this: