solace in cinema : A vast wasteland of movies

I mentioned 'Snow Angels' the other day while discussing the films I was looking forward too from Sundance. David Gordon Green is a director I really admire he's made three previous solid features; 'George Washington', 'All the Real Girls' and 'The Undertow' with 'Snow Angels' being his fourth.

An Adaptation of Stewart O'Nan's popular novel to the screen, that tells the parallel tales of a teenager named Arthur, and his one-time babysitter Annie (Kate Beckinsale) - whose turbulent relationship with her estranged husband (Sam Rockwell) leads the small-town waitress down a troubled path.

There's many reasons i'm looking forward to 'Snow Angels', but mainly I'm just a big fan of Green. David Gordon Green is one of those filmmakers that implicitly trusts his audience, he doesn't feel  the need to explain everything that's happening on screen and is happy to let actors act. I like not being pandered too, and it really forces you to engage with the characters on screen, something few directors can achieve to the same level.

If you haven't already seek out his earlier films. 

There's some stills from Snow Angels over at cinempire here 

A pretty interesting Sundance interview including clips from the film here 

You can read a review of 'Snow Angels' at FirstShowing here

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