Sex for beginners

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Movie
German title Sex for beginners
Original title Roger Dodger
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length approx. 106 minutes
Rod
Director Dylan Kidd
script Dylan Kidd
production Anne Chaisson , Dylan Kidd , Campbell Scott , George VanBuskirk
music Craig Wedren
camera Joaquín Baca-Asay
cut Andy Keir
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Sex for Beginners ( Roger Dodger , in German about Roger the Swindler ) is an American comedy film directed by Dylan Kidd from 2002 .

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Roger Swanson works in the advertising industry in New York City . One day his girlfriend Joyce, who is also his boss, breaks up the relationship.

Swanson is visited by his 16 year old nephew Nick from Ohio. Nick reveals to his uncle that he is still a virgin. He turns to Swanson for advice on how to seduce a woman. Swanson visits a few bars with him until they meet Andrea and Sophie in a bar. Swanson poses as a successful womanizer to Nick, but turns out to be more and more a bitter loser, while the likable Nick fails only because of his inexperience and lack of knowledge of human nature. The attempt to seduce the women is unsuccessful, with Swanson managing to put the blame on Nick, although it was himself who scared the women off with his cynicism and audacity.

Swanson takes his nephew to a party at Joyce's. Nick first tries to seduce Joyce's drunken secretary. However, he gives up and lets her sleep. Swanson makes a scene to Joyce and her new, much younger boyfriend and is eventually thrown out the door with Nick.

Swanson has had enough of the evening, but as Nick desperately wants to lose his innocence, he takes him to a run-down brothel. Nick runs into a hardened prostitute who wants to get the act over with with him quickly. Swanson, who was waiting outside at first, interferes, and after a chaotic, tumultuous scene, uncle and nephew find themselves outside on the sidewalk again. The drunk, frustrated Nick attacks Swanson, and wordlessly they grapple for a while amid garbage bags. Eventually Swanson has to carry the exhausted boy home to his apartment.

The next day, Nick apologizes to Swanson and says goodbye. His frightened mother was worried and relieved when he returned.

Nick sits with his buddies at school. You are talking about an attractive classmate. Nick avoids bragging about his embarrassing adventures in New York; rather, he fantasizes about a scene in which Swanson sits with the boys and has the big say. Swanson approaches Nick's attractive classmate and arouses her curiosity about Nick, just as she did with Andrea and Sophie in New York.

Reviews

Kenneth Turan wrote in the Los Angeles Times on October 25, 2002 that one does not sense that the director had made his debut with this film. Dylan Kidd made one of the rare films that sounds more interesting and complex than the description sounds. The portrayal of Campbell Scott enriches the played character with "desolation" and "melancholy". The camera work gives the events "intimacy" and "directness".

Awards

Dylan Kidd won three awards at the Venice International Film Festival in 2002 , including the FIPRESCI Prize . He also won awards from the Tribeca Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle in 2002, and was nominated for a Thessaloniki Film Festival award. He and Jesse Eisenberg won awards from the San Diego Film Festival in 2002 . Campbell Scott won the National Board of Review award in 2002 . Joaquín Baca-Asay won the New York Film Critics Circle Award in 2002 .

Dylan Kidd in the categories Best Directing Debut and Best Screenplay and Campbell Scott were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 2003 . Craig Wedren was nominated for the 2003 Golden Satellite Award . Dylan Kidd won the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association Award , the Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Award, and was nominated for the Gotham Award and the Online Film Critics Society Award (in two categories).

background

The independent film Sex for Beginners was shot in New York City . It had its world premiere on May 9, 2002 at the Tribeca Film Festival . The film played in theaters worldwide about 1.93 million US dollars one, including about 1.27 million US dollars in the cinemas of the United States.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Kenneth Turan, accessed August 14, 2007
  2. ^ Filming locations for Roger Dodger, accessed August 14, 2007
  3. ↑ Roger Dodger premiere dates, accessed August 14, 2007
  4. ^ Box office / business for Roger Dodger, accessed August 14, 2007

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