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| Julianne Moore and Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars |
David Cronenberg, 2014
Canada/Germany | Format: DCP | 111 minutes
U.S. Premiere
Q&A with director David Cronenberg, screenwriter Bruce Wagner, and actress Julianne Moore
David Cronenberg takes Bruce Wagner’s script—a pitch-black Hollywood satire—chills it down, and gives it a near-tragic spin. The terrible loneliness of narcissism afflicts every character from the fading star Havana (Julianne Moore, who won the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her nervy performance) to the available-for-anything chauffeur (Robert Pattinson) to the entire Weiss family, played by John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird, and Mia Wasikowska. The last two are brother and sister, damaged beyond repair and fated to repeat the perverse union of their parents. And yet, in their murderous rages, they have the purity of avenging angels, taking revenge on a culture that needs to be put out of its misery—or so it must seem to them. Cronenberg’s visual strategy physically isolates the characters from one another, so that their occasional violent connections pack a double whammy. An eOne Films release.
Series: NYFF52 Main Slate
Venue: Alice Tully Hall
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