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Paranoid Park [2007] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Gus Van Sant Actors: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Lauren McKinney Studio: Palisades Tartan Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £6.08 as of 23/11/2009 08:33 GMT details You Save: £13.91 (70%) New (17) Used (5) from £5.49 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 9 reviews Sales Rank: 39398 Format: PAL Language: English (Unknown) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 81 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5023965384522 ASIN: B0013I22DQ Release Date: April 28, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next » Dream-like, magnificent February 25, 2008 Ronald Wright 4 out of 6 found this review helpful One of the most fantastic films I've seen in years; a kind of poem to disaffected and marginalised youth, unbelievably shot and scrored, a work of strange, dream-like beauty exploring the question, in a teenage world where no-one really connects on a meaningful level with anyone else, and from which parents are excluded, how do you expunge a guilty conscience ? Stunning. Casting, storytelling and music June 11, 2008 Joshua E. Cole (Bournemouth, England) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful Three elements work together in this film to create a near masterpeice. I am not a fan of art films but this film succeeds where many others have failed. The casting in this film contributes greatly to the authenticity of the story. So many films about teenagers have them behaving like really really cool twenty somethings. An example would be Chumscrubber. But teenagers aren't really cool or twenty something. They're ackward and different than adults. The cast in this film are real kids who often adlib their own dialogue instead of reading lines written by baby boomers. In this film adults are abscured and the focus is on the young people and their unique experiences. The storytelling is patient and that is probably what bothers a lot of the reviewers. There are no contrived action sequences with pumped up music. This is the story of a teenage kid hiding a secret. There really isn't a need to speed up the action. The music that accompanies the drama fits the setting perfectly. Elliot Smith began his music career in Portland where the film is set. Elliot's lonely style didn't win the artist any friends but it fits the struggle of the lead in this film. This is a compelling and interesting film that uses a brilliant and authentic cast of kids and an appropriate and beautiful soundtrack to tell a unique story. Overall a really great film for anyone with an open mind and an eagerness to see less ordinary films. Bad Acting But Its Still A Good Film September 14, 2008 willow (The Universe) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful I went to the cinema to see Paranoid Park at the on a whim after I had been refused a ticket to see Hostel Part 2, I didn't have a clue what it was about. So I sat down in the cinema chair not sure what to expect. br /Paranoid Park is about a sullen teenage boy who is racked by guilt as a result of accidentally killing someone. br /As far as the acting is concerned its not good at all, I don't see the star of the show (Gabe Nevins) getting a decent role again unless the very laid back Gus Van Sant casts him. I think there is a great likeness between Larry Clark Gus Van Sant both their styles of directing make their films have an almost documentary feel to them, they're also both fans of ameteur actors (clearly Clark is better at choosing them.) Although despite my ranting the acting is bad in a good way if that makes any sense at all. The fact that the acting isn't good doesn't take from the movie. br /The lead character is supposed to have a hidden depth which somehow comes across well. br /You're probably wondering why I bothered to give this film four star's because all I'm doing is running it down, but this is a great scater movie it also deals with all those normal teen issues, like divorce being pressurised into sex. br /I think for me the best thing about Paranoid Park is that you can actually believe that something like this could happen in real life. br /My advice is check it out, rent it, buy it whatever. Its a good movie. I think Gus Van Sant is a really smart guy he probably knew that by casting bad actors it would someohow accelerate the depth that behind- the-eyes emotion that the film manages to achieve. br / Style over substance May 29, 2008 The yellow dart (from one of the smaller moons of Jupiter) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful This film revolves around a horrific incident involving a young skateboarder called Alex and the subsequent effect this has on him, but there didn't seem to be much going on here in terms of engaging characterization, the kid is so disaffected with nothing interesting to say that I really didn't care what happened to him or much less want to watch a whole film involving this character, he didn't seem deep just detached, maybe that's part of the point. br /Much of the films 84 min running time is filled with meandering languorous shots of kids skateboarding and lots of dreamy soundscapes which are all very pretty and I suppose a window into Alex's psyche but Van Sant should have spent more time making the story interesting. Having said that I wasn't a big fan of Van Sant's elephant either which is quite similar, so if you liked that you might want to give this a try br / hints at interesting phenomenology but dated subject and overly ponderous February 5, 2008 jrhartley 5 out of 14 found this review helpful Given the number of positive mentions this film received by critics during 2007, and after Elephant and Gus van Sant's contribution to Paris Je T'Aime, I had been looking forward to Paranoid Park. Whilst there are glimpses of the phenomological side of film that van Sant can do so well (particularly the early shots through the fields, hints at potential lost simple pleasures and balmy summer evenings), I found the rest of the film overly ponderous. I think van Sant set himself up for a bit of a fall casting with the myspace generation and focusing on skateboarders - the film would have been fine for the early 90s, but it seems to be missing the whole zeitgeist by a country mile. Whereas Elephant had an event - a really major event - that the story hinged around, Paranoid Park hints at an accident, and ultimately you just don't have enough empathy with the characters to really get into their mindset - I just kept thinking - go to the police - the forensics will see you straight - or if it is a case of post-traumatic denial - you still just think - this is only going to end worse for you the longer you try to tough it out. The film just needs more story and better actors, I'm afraid. Not worthy of the hype, unfortunately. Showing reviews 1-5 of 9 1 2 Next »

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