Thou Wast Mild and Lovely

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Movie
Original title Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 76 minutes
Rod
Director Josephine Decker
script Josephine Decker,
David Barker
production Laura Heberton,
Laura Klein,
Russell Sheaffer
music Molly Herron
camera Ashley Connor
cut David Barker,
Josephine Decker,
Steven Schardt
occupation

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (roughly: You were once gentle and beautiful ) is an American independent film from 2014 by Josephine Decker , who also wrote the screenplay. The film premiered in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2014 and was then shown at numerous film festivals. In Germany, the film was shown in selected cinemas from October 16, 2014.

action

Sarah lives with her father Jeremiah on a remote farm in Kentucky . When seasonal worker Akin spends the summer on the farm, Sarah's sexual desire finds a clear target. Akin willingly goes into her weird and seductive game and hides the fact that he has a wife and child at home. A charged romance develops between Akin and Sarah, but also an uncertain sense of threat. When Akin's wife comes to visit, the situation escalates and harmless fantasies lead to a violent nightmare.

production

To raise funds for the post-production of the film, Decker initiated a crowdfunding campaign on the Kickstarter.com website with a budget goal of $ 15,500. The campaign ended on August 22, 2013 for a sum of $ 18,517.

publication

In September 2014, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely was selected by the film distributor Cinelicious for theatrical and VOD exploitation, together with Decker's film Butter on the Latch  (2013). The publication took place in November 2014.

In Germany, the film was brought to selected cinemas by arsenal distribution . The film opened with Butter on the Latch on October 16, 2014.

reception

The film received mixed reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , 64% of the reviews are positive, out of a total of 11 reviews. In his review on IndieWire , Eric Kohn commented : “In its labyrinthine characteristics [of the film] there is a godless synthesis of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch . Never on the level of sophistication of these variables, Decker developed an all-encompassing vision of isolation, says with a grim poetic style. " David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter the film gave a mixed assessment and ruled:" It is interesting, artistic but wanted to classify Decker as an accomplished filmmaker. ”At the same time, he compared the film to the work of Terrence Malick . The film-dienst saw a "sometimes almost experimental film" that impresses as an "unconventional drama of desire", "in which the boundaries between love and violence, lyricism and horror, the beautiful and the dirty are fluid". In doing so, "the narrative is placed under a hypersensualistic, erotic-sexually charged constant tension through a sophisticated imagery".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julia Dettke: Blair Bitch Project. Die Zeit , October 13, 2014, accessed on November 17, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed November 17, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Thou Wast Mild & Lovely. Credits. film service , accessed November 17, 2014 .
  4. ↑ a b "Butter on the Latch" and "Thou Wast Mild and Lovely" are released. Arsenal , accessed December 9, 2014 .
  5. ↑ a b "Butter on the Latch" & "Thou Wast Mild and Lovely". Arsenal , accessed December 9, 2014 .
  6. ^ Leo Barraclough: New Europe Picks Up Berlinale Film 'Thou Wast Mild and Lovely' . In: Variety . January 24, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ Thou Wast Mild and Lovely . In: Kickstarter.com . Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ Casey Cipriani: Cinelicious Pics Acquires Two Raunchy Josephine Decker Films . In: Indiewire . September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ Carole Horst: Josephine Decker's 'Butter' and 'Lovely' Bought by Cinelicious . In: Variety . September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014). Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 9, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Eric Kohn: Berlin Review: Sexual Depravity Takes On Nightmarish Proportions In Josephine Decker's 'Thou Wast Mild and Lovely,' Starring Joe Swanberg . In: Indiewire . February 6, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014: “Its labyrinthine characteristics suggest the unholy marriage of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch. While nowhere near the same level of refinement as those giants, Decker concocts a wholly enveloping vision of isolation told with a grimly poetic style [...] "
  12. ^ David Rooney: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely: Berlin Review . In: The Hollywood Reporter . February 6, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2016: “More than any American literary tradition, the loose-limbed experimental film seems yet another nod to Terrence Malick in its reverence for the natural world. [...] It's not uninteresting but too self-consciously arty to rank Decker as a mature filmmaking voice. "
  13. ^ Esther Buss: Thou Wast Mild & Lovely. film-dienst , 21/2014, accessed on December 9, 2014 .