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How will you keep your kids busy this summer vacation?
Don’t miss Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mon, Mar 4th, 2013
Posted in Arts & Culture
Posted in Arts & Culture
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In what would otherwise feel like a denouement in the entertainment world, the post-Oscars season is a time to recover and repolarize from the blockbuster hype induced by the mega-millions box office line-up: Lincoln and Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbooks and Django Unchained and Argo and Life of Pi. While these are all well done, depending on your film palette, be sure to see the unhyped but otherwise nominated films.
Most importantly, do not miss Beasts of the Southern Wild. This film, which was nominated, but did not win, four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis, who at age nine is the youngest actress ever nominated for the award), was in my opinion the best film of the year, with Life of Pi as its close second, though Argo took home the prize.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantastical Bayou adventure film about the coming of age of Hushpuppy, a five year old living with her father in an obscure, insular Gulf Coast island community whose very existence is threatened by the erosion of the wetlands and rising waters caused by global warming. Hushpuppy is an innocent in a dangerous world, and her intrepid pursuit of family and equally intrepid defense of home is what undoubtedly endeared her to a global audience.
Beyond the gorgeous cinematography, fantastic acting and compelling story, what is so incredible about Beasts of the Southern Wild is the relatively nonchalant directorial style of Benh Zeitlin. The cast is comprised of Bayou folk and Louisiana natives, the backdrop set in Montegut of Terrebonne Parish. The man who played Hushpuppy’s father was the man working at the bakery across the street from the filmmakers’ studio when someone taking a break from the casting agency asked him to read for the part. The low-budget, improvisatory, and seeming lackadaisical approach of the filmmakers demonstrates how powerful films come from talent, not money.
Beasts of the Southern Wild premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won their Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category. It was produced on a budget of $1.8 million, and grossed over $12.5 million at the box office. It is out now on DVD. Both on screen and real life this movie appeals to the human desire to root for the underdog.
Most importantly, do not miss Beasts of the Southern Wild. This film, which was nominated, but did not win, four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis, who at age nine is the youngest actress ever nominated for the award), was in my opinion the best film of the year, with Life of Pi as its close second, though Argo took home the prize.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantastical Bayou adventure film about the coming of age of Hushpuppy, a five year old living with her father in an obscure, insular Gulf Coast island community whose very existence is threatened by the erosion of the wetlands and rising waters caused by global warming. Hushpuppy is an innocent in a dangerous world, and her intrepid pursuit of family and equally intrepid defense of home is what undoubtedly endeared her to a global audience.
Beyond the gorgeous cinematography, fantastic acting and compelling story, what is so incredible about Beasts of the Southern Wild is the relatively nonchalant directorial style of Benh Zeitlin. The cast is comprised of Bayou folk and Louisiana natives, the backdrop set in Montegut of Terrebonne Parish. The man who played Hushpuppy’s father was the man working at the bakery across the street from the filmmakers’ studio when someone taking a break from the casting agency asked him to read for the part. The low-budget, improvisatory, and seeming lackadaisical approach of the filmmakers demonstrates how powerful films come from talent, not money.
Beasts of the Southern Wild premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won their Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category. It was produced on a budget of $1.8 million, and grossed over $12.5 million at the box office. It is out now on DVD. Both on screen and real life this movie appeals to the human desire to root for the underdog.
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