Good Time (film)

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Movie
German title Good time
Original title Good time
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2017
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Benny Safdie ,
Josh Safdie
script Ronald Bronstein ,
Josh Safdie
production Sebastian Bear-McClard ,
Oscar Boyson ,
Terry Dougas ,
Paris Kasidokostas Latsis
music Oneohtrix Point Never
camera Sean Price Williams
occupation

Good Time is an American crime film by the brothers Benny and Josh Safdie . The film drama celebrated its world premiere on May 25, 2017 as part of the Cannes Film Festival .

action

The mentally retarded Nick Nikas, who has been subjected to court therapy sessions, talks to his doctor about his abusive grandmother, who he lives with in Queens, New York, and how he doesn't know how to write about his anger or the social effects of his actions can control. He is taken out of the meeting by his brother Connie, who has planned a bank robbery so they can run away to Virginia. They want to loot 65,000 US dollars. But Nick, who was the first to run away in panic after the attack, was caught by the police while escaping and brought to Rikers Island .

Since Connie is missing US $ 10,000 on the bail because the stolen money was colored by a paint cartridge that exploded during the escape , he has to find it in another way. He finally tries to get the money from his friend Corey's mother, which fails. In the meantime, his brother has made all sorts of enemies in prison. Connie kidnaps Nick in a wheelchair from a hospital he was taken to after being beaten in prison. When the two find asylum with a family, it turns out that Connie was not taking Nick, but someone else, Ray. Together with him he tries to raise money, which ultimately leads to Connie's arrest and Ray's fall from a house. Connie's actions also lead to the arrest of the 16-year-old Crystal - granddaughter of the woman who offered him asylum - and a security guard. After Connie's confession, Nick is released and takes part in group work for the first time at a therapy session.

production

In September 2017 turned Robert Pattinson film at American Film Festival before

Staff and cast

It was directed by brothers Benny and Josh Safdie . The latter also wrote the script for the film together with Ronald Bronstein . In an interview with Arte , the directors said they were heavily influenced by writing by Norman Mailer , particularly his books Gnadenlos and In the Belly of the Beast . The American reality TV series COPS was also an inspiration. The film seemed to be running out of time, and so the brothers wanted to make the speed in Good Time a figure of their own.

Robert Pattinson plays Connie Nikas in the film, Benny Safdie, one of the directors of the film, took over the role of his mentally retarded brother Nick. Peter Verby plays Peter, his psychiatrist, and Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Corey Ellman. The rapper Necro took on a smaller role in the film with Caliph.

Filming and lighting

Filming took place in all five boroughs of New York , including Flushing , Rego Park , Forest Hills and Long Island amusement park . Sean Price Williams acted as cameraman . The film was shot in 35mm - Scope rotated with two individual images were taken for an image. During the filming, you worked with mixed light , consisting of daylight and artificial light , to get different color temperatures into the film, because New York is such a mixed city, according to Josh Safdie. The director went on to explain that people often only worked with individual light sources, as this often corresponds to reality these days, as in a scene shown in the film in the grandmother's house, which is only lit by a running television set. His brother Ben explained that the existing light sources had been artificially expanded, such as a red light on a bus, in which the entire scene was bathed in artificial red light in order to obtain the minimum level of lighting necessary for the production of analog film material .

Film music and sound design

The score was composed by Oneohtrix Point Never alias Daniel Lopatin. Lopatin was honored for his work as the best film composer at the Cannes Film Festival in February 2017. The soundtrack for the film includes 13 pieces of music and was released on August 11, 2017 as a double LP, CD and download. The sound design by Ryan M. Price is movies like Pickpocket by Robert Bresson been inspired, the directors. For example, long shots were taken , in which, for example, the clinking of coins can be heard, which is supposed to look like a close-up . A deleted dream sequence in which the two brothers made it to Virginia, and Connie has to slay a creature, has been slightly changed and used as the music video for the soundtrack song The Pure and the Damned .

publication

The film celebrated its world premiere on May 25, 2017 as part of the Cannes Film Festival . The film was released in selected US cinemas on August 11, 2017. Also in August 2017, the film was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival . In October 2017 the film was shown at the London Film Festival . A theatrical release in Germany took place on November 2, 2017.

reception

Age rating

In Germany the film is FSK 12 . The statement of reasons for the release states: “The film is narrated with numerous genre-typical means, but also endeavors to present the milieu and characters in a realistic manner. The protagonist in particular is drawn ambivalently between solidarity with his brother and unscrupulousness. This ambivalence as well as some depictions of violence and sexuality could lead to a socio-ethical disorientation in younger children. "

Reviews and grossing results

The film has so far won over 92 percent of Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 7.6 out of a possible 10 points.

Michael Sennhauser from Radio SRF 2 Kultur says the film is amazingly well done: “Camera and editing, the breathlessly fast, whipping dramaturgy, the pure narrative energy are admirable and quite unique. It's a film like a highly disciplined, controlled trip. ”According to Sennhauser, the plot could, however, also drive a comedy with a little less violence and brutality, and individual scenes are definitely worthy of a showpiece. In addition, the electronic bombast sound of Oneohtrix Point Never, alias Daniel Lopatin, now and then completely takes over the film, almost degrading it to a video clip, according to Sennhauser.

Pascal Blum from the Tages-Anzeiger says: “It's an unbelievable trip, a kind of feverish dream, as the Safdies portray this night in New York that follows the bank robbery: with whipped scenes at the highest level of nervousness, with the police constantly at the door hammers and the sleazy electronic sound of Oneohtrix Point Never fires a night that degenerates in a way that can only be called crazy. "

Frank Schnelle from epd Film says that despite the stringent, “ugly” aesthetics, the film fails to really interest us in the protagonist's nightmare journey : “The camera is constantly moving towards him, but he remains alien to us. This may also be due to Robert Pattinson's expressionless play. Hardly recognizable from a physical point of view compared to his earlier work, he does not manage to fill the low-life role with real life. His empty facial expressions are only useful as a projection surface. "

Andreas Busche from Tagesspiegel comments on Nick, who is dominated by Pattinson with his annoying physique, that this is the emotional center of the film, and Williams prefers to bathe him in shimmering neon light, like a predator on a night-time prey. The longer the film lasts, the clearer it becomes that the dynamics of the events are taking on a life of their own, continues Busche: "What began as a noble rescue mission for Nick, at some point degenerates into pure actionism, it's about pure survival."

The worldwide revenue of the film so far amounts to around 3 million US dollars.

Awards (selection)

On December 18, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the song The Pure And The Damned from the film was in a shortlist of 70 songs from which the nominations in the category Best Film Song at the Academy Awards To be determined in 2018 . On the same day, the Academy announced that Oneohtrix Point Never's work was on a shortlist from which nominations in the Best Film Music category would come. Below is a selection of nominations and awards from well-known film awards.

Evening Standard British Film Awards 2018

Gotham Awards 2017

  • Nomination for best film
  • Nomination for Best Actor (Robert Pattinson)
  • Nomination for the audience award

Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2017

  • Nomination in the category Original Score: Feature Film (Oneohtrix Point Never)

Independent Spirit Awards 2018

Cannes International Film Festival 2017

  • Awarded the best film composer with the Soundtrack Award (Oneohtrix Point Never)
  • Nomination for the Palme d'Or in international competition ( Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie )

Locarno International Film Festival 2017

  • Nomination for the Variety Piazza Grande Award (Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie)

Satellite Awards 2017

  • Nomination for Best Film Actor (Robert Pattinson)

Web links

Commons : Good Time  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Approval certificate for Good Time . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 172388 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b c d 'Good time' - Interview with Joshua and Ben Safdie In: arte.tv. Retrieved August 13, 2017. (Video)
  3. ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/good-time-soundtrack-robert-pattinsons-cannes-oneohtrix-point-never-listen-1201841524/
  4. ↑ Adam Bychawski: Oneohtrix Point Never wins Cannes Soundtrack Award In: factmag.com, May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/06/08/good-time-soundtrack-announced/
  6. ↑ Oneohtrix Point Never 'Good Time' soundtrack released on August 11, Hear 'The Pure and the Damned' ft Iggy Pop In: warp.net, June 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sean O'Connell: Robert Pattinson Says Good Time Cut A Scene Where He Slays A Demon. In: cinemablend.com. November 3, 2017, accessed June 10, 2020.
  8. ↑ Oneohtrix Point Never: The Pure and the Damned (Official Video from Good Time Soundtrack). In: YouTube . September 5, 2017, accessed June 10, 2020.
  9. ^ Program of the 70th Locarno Film Festival In: pardo.ch. Retrieved on August 6, 2017 (PDF; 12.1 MB)
  10. ↑ All films in the 2017 BFI London Film Festival In: bfi.org.uk. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ Reasons for approval for Good Time In: Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Good Time In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  14. ↑ Michael Sennhauser: 'Good Time' doesn't give film fans a good time In: Radio SRF 2 Kultur, May 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Ein-Fieber-namens-Verbrechen/story/28572430
  16. ↑ Frank Schnelle: Review of 'Good Time' In: epd Film.
  17. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/good-time-mit-robert-pattinson-raubtier-im-neonschein/20528842.html
  18. ↑ Good Time In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  19. ↑ 70 Original Songs Vie For 2017 Oscar In: oscars.org, December 18, 2017.
  20. ↑ Zack Sharf: Oscars 2018: Best Original Score Shortlist Includes 'The Shape of Water', 'All the Money in the World' and More In: indiewire.com, December 18, 2017.
  21. ^ Robert Dex: Discover all the nominations for this year's Evening Standard British Film Awards In: Evening Standard, January 12, 2018.
  22. ↑ Gordon Cox: 'Get Out' Leads 2017 Gotham Awards Nominations In: Variety, October 19, 2017.
  23. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro: 'Get Out' Tops IFP Gotham Awards Nominations; 'Mudbound' Voted Special Jury Award In: deadline.com, October 19, 2017.
  24. ↑ 8th Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, October 25, 2017.
  25. ↑ Hilary Lewis: 2018 Independent Spirit Award Nominations Revealed In: The Hollywood Reporter, November 21, 2017.
  26. ↑ Steve Pond: 'Dunkirk', 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations In: thewrap.com, November 29, 2017.