Nancy Ellen Mills
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2006年
剧情：2006 sundance film festival come early morning opens with lucy (ashley judd) waking up in the morning at a hotel in bed with a guy whose name she does not know. we soon learn this is normal for her. lucy lives in a small town in the south, does a fine job helping oversee construction projects, drives an old pick-up truck, shares a small house with a roommate (laura prepon, from that 70s show), dutifully takes care of her aging relatives, is estranged from her father, regularly visits the one bar in town, drinks a lot and gets sloppy drunk and sleeps with strangers. the plot is a little predictable―lucy meets a guy and he hopes to help her out of this cycle and that proves to be rough on both of them and the relationship almost falls apart but then just before the credits roll they reconcile and i think everyone lives happily ever after. written and directed by joey lauren adams (the memorable alyssa from chasing amy), come early morning is a reflection of her southern baptist upbringing and was shot in locations that were personal to her. ashley judd is excellent in the film and the supporting cast includes such veteran talents as tim blake nelson, stacy keach and diane ladd, not to mention another southern boy, ray mckinnon, who plays a local holy roller preacher. while not a great film, it was a warm, entertaining and well-produced movie that told a genuine story about a complex character caught in an ugly rut. it also has a wonderful soundtrack, although its not clear how much of that will survive when they have to pay for the rights for national release. tidbits from the sundance qampa joey lauren adams was frank and refreshing. she said she did the movie because she wasnt getting any good acting opportunities and realized she needed to do something in her life besides hang out. the bar thats featured in the movie is the same one she goes to when she visits her home town, and one of the houses featured is owned by her grandparents, i think.
2005年
剧情： 战争、世界政治与个人奋斗是本次圣丹斯电影节的三大主题，但影片《蓝色的40道阴影》讲述的却是一名为了移民美国而嫁给比自己年长一倍的丈夫的俄国女郎的故事，这部风格阴郁的电影由艾拉-萨克斯(irasachs)编剧并担任导演，瑞普-托恩、俄罗斯女星迪娜-克泽(dinakorzun)和达伦-布罗斯(darrenburrows)主演，在电影节上众多反战题材的影片中显得鹤立鸡群。《我们为何而战》向观众展示美国军事工业对于世界大战永恒的依赖性，该片由尤金-杰里克(eugenejarecki)执导，值得一提的是，他的兄弟安德鲁-杰里克(andrewjarecki)曾经凭纪录片《逮捕弗里德曼父子》(capturingthefriedmans)赢得过2003年圣丹斯的纪录片大奖。