George Washington - Criterion Collection
starring: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee, Curtis Cotton III, Rachael Handy
directed by: Clu Gulager, David Gordon Green
directed by: Clu Gulager, David Gordon Green
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Studio: Image EntertainmentRelease Date: 03/19/2002Run time: 90 minutes
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George Washington is surely one of the most visually arresting debuts in recent American cinema. Loitering among the dilapidated machinery and detritus littering a small town in North Carolina, 24-year-old director David Gordon Green and cinematographer Tim Orr transform the listless confines of growing up poor into breathtaking beauty. Green has referenced Terence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978) as an overriding influence, and the languorous grace of his portrait of childhood lives up to the comparison.
Tracing the interwoven stories of a group of kids, black and white, over a few pivotal days and one accidental death, Green elicits nuanced performances from a mostly nonprofessional cast and captures an understated poetry through clearly improvised dialogue. Where Harmony Korine's depiction of childhood outcasts in Gummo goes astray in its insistence upon depravity and shrill eccentricity, George Washington maintains a perfect balance between oddity, loosely configured realism, and the sublime.--Fionn Meade
Studio: Image EntertainmentRelease Date: 03/19/2002Run time: 90 minutes
Amazon.com:
George Washington is surely one of the most visually arresting debuts in recent American cinema. Loitering among the dilapidated machinery and detritus littering a small town in North Carolina, 24-year-old director David Gordon Green and cinematographer Tim Orr transform the listless confines of growing up poor into breathtaking beauty. Green has referenced Terence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978) as an overriding influence, and the languorous grace of his portrait of childhood lives up to the comparison.
Tracing the interwoven stories of a group of kids, black and white, over a few pivotal days and one accidental death, Green elicits nuanced performances from a mostly nonprofessional cast and captures an understated poetry through clearly improvised dialogue. Where Harmony Korine's depiction of childhood outcasts in Gummo goes astray in its insistence upon depravity and shrill eccentricity, George Washington maintains a perfect balance between oddity, loosely configured realism, and the sublime.--Fionn Meade
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- Good start
George Washington was the first feature film ever made by indy wunderkind director David Gordon Green. It was released in 2000, to generally favorable reviews, and it truly deserved them. It has been recently released on an invaluable Criterion Collection DVD which I recently purchased. Most critics erred and went in for a facile comparison to filmmaker Terrence Malick, but this film has several things that Malick's films do not have. Yes, like Malick, Green is fond of lingering poetic shots of seemingly ... Read More
Rating: 
- not for everyone...but an indisputable masterpiece for others
firstly; this movie is unashamedly derivative of terrence malick.structure-wise, down to the narrative techniques, it's a repositioning of 'badlands', but all i can say about that is, malick and green now work together.if malick doesn't care, you probably shouldn't either.
to hold to the malick theme and 'badlands' and address people's issues with the dialogue, all i can say is 'i found a toaster' (just one of many laughable, stupid lines of dialogue from 'badlands').
it is also very similar ... Read More
Rating: - A stunning and poetic debut film -- the rebirth of a nation
The children of this film speak of matters and in a manner that suggests a maturity beyond their years.They have to, since they have only peers to serve as moral guides.The adults in their life are preoccupied with other matters -- making a living by recycling the materials left behind from another age.While set in an unnamed small town in deep South, the film feels timeless -- the characters seem drawn from a Faulkner novel, the young woman who gives her voice to the film is not so much narrating as establishing ... Read More
Rating: 
- I should like this film, but....
On paper, I should love this film.It has many thing I admire in films.It's beautifully shot in scope, it has a leisurely pace to it, and it's very understated at times.But it's also muddled, sloppily edited, incoherent, and the dialogue leaves something to be desired.The film has a real disjointed feel to it, and I don't think this is deliberate.David Gordon Green's follow up to this, All the Real Girls, had the same sloppy craftmanship that this film does, except that film has better performances.Some might ... Read More
Rating: - A dazzling and imaginative debut
I loved this film - I love the episodic story, which unfolds at a languid, lifelike pace - this subtlety captures the feel of life in a Southern city - GEORGE WASHINGTON was set in, and mostly filmed in Winston-Salem, NC (part of a metro area of over 1,000,000 people, though one wouldn't exactly see this in the film), one of the older and more industrial cities in the state, with a cast of locals.
You also don't see a trace of the mint julieps-and-kudzu (or hamfisted BLUE VELVET/DELIVERANCE freakfests) version ... Read More
- Good startGeorge Washington was the first feature film ever made by indy wunderkind director David Gordon Green. It was released in 2000, to generally favorable reviews, and it truly deserved them. It has been recently released on an invaluable Criterion Collection DVD which I recently purchased. Most critics erred and went in for a facile comparison to filmmaker Terrence Malick, but this film has several things that Malick's films do not have. Yes, like Malick, Green is fond of lingering poetic shots of seemingly ... Read More
- not for everyone...but an indisputable masterpiece for others firstly; this movie is unashamedly derivative of terrence malick.structure-wise, down to the narrative techniques, it's a repositioning of 'badlands', but all i can say about that is, malick and green now work together.if malick doesn't care, you probably shouldn't either.
to hold to the malick theme and 'badlands' and address people's issues with the dialogue, all i can say is 'i found a toaster' (just one of many laughable, stupid lines of dialogue from 'badlands').
it is also very similar ... Read More
- A stunning and poetic debut film -- the rebirth of a nationThe children of this film speak of matters and in a manner that suggests a maturity beyond their years.They have to, since they have only peers to serve as moral guides.The adults in their life are preoccupied with other matters -- making a living by recycling the materials left behind from another age.While set in an unnamed small town in deep South, the film feels timeless -- the characters seem drawn from a Faulkner novel, the young woman who gives her voice to the film is not so much narrating as establishing ... Read More
- I should like this film, but....On paper, I should love this film.It has many thing I admire in films.It's beautifully shot in scope, it has a leisurely pace to it, and it's very understated at times.But it's also muddled, sloppily edited, incoherent, and the dialogue leaves something to be desired.The film has a real disjointed feel to it, and I don't think this is deliberate.David Gordon Green's follow up to this, All the Real Girls, had the same sloppy craftmanship that this film does, except that film has better performances.Some might ... Read More
- A dazzling and imaginative debutI loved this film - I love the episodic story, which unfolds at a languid, lifelike pace - this subtlety captures the feel of life in a Southern city - GEORGE WASHINGTON was set in, and mostly filmed in Winston-Salem, NC (part of a metro area of over 1,000,000 people, though one wouldn't exactly see this in the film), one of the older and more industrial cities in the state, with a cast of locals.
You also don't see a trace of the mint julieps-and-kudzu (or hamfisted BLUE VELVET/DELIVERANCE freakfests) version ... Read More
