Sin Nombre (2009 / Cary Fukunaga)

[megladon8]

A new Mexican film produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.

Jen and I are seeing it tonight in the village (I think the official release is this Friday). This is the synopsis written on our passes:


Seeking the promise of America, a young Honduran woman joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with a teenaged Mexican gang member who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates.
Together they must rely on faith, trust and street smarts if they are to survive their increasingly perilous journey towards the hope of new lives.
"Sin Nombre", the winner of the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut.

Trailer is here. (http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=sinnombre)

I'm excited. Reviews have been up and down, but whatever. Neat to see a movie I wouldn't regularly get to see theatrically.

[megladon8]

We got there over an hour before the movie started, and there was a line so long that it went around the corner and to the end of the block.

So yeah, we didn't get in.

[Sycophant]

Fucking hipster nihilists, amirite?

[Kurosawa Fan]

That sucks meg.

[Sycophant]

Sounds like a pretty interesting film. Hopefully it gets enough attention that you and all of us get an opportunity to see it later.

[megladon8]

That sucks meg.


It's really not a big deal. We kind of got lost on the way there anyways, so at least now we know where the theatre is and exactly how to get there.

But we had dinner at a really nice little restaurant called "Chick-pea" right beside the theatre - everything is made with hummus. It was dee-lish.

Then spent the evening in Times Square.

Oh well. They were free passes, so it's not like we were left short. :)



Fucking hipster nihilists, amirite?

Indeed.

Always taking the fun away from us heathenistic conformists.

[NickGlass]

It's really not a big deal. We kind of got lost on the way there anyways, so at least now we know where the theatre is and exactly how to get there.

But we had dinner at a really nice little restaurant called "Chick-pea" right beside the theatre - everything is made with hummus. It was dee-lish.


Was it the Landmark Sunshine Cinema? It does get awfully crowded, particularly if it's a preview screening open to the public--which is often why its best to see midnight showings there (I'm pretty excited for A Hard Day's Night at the beginning of April).

An hour early, though, and already full? That's unheard of by me. They do have a couple very, very large theaters, though.

[megladon8]

Was it the Landmark Sunshine Cinema? It does get awfully crowded, particularly if it's a preview screening open to the public--which is often why its best to see midnight showings there (I'm pretty excited for A Hard Day's Night at the beginning of April).

An hour early, though, and already full? That's unheard of by me. They do have a couple very, very large theaters, though.


Yes, the Landmark Sunshine, over on Houston.

We couldn't believe it, either. The showing was at 7:00, and we left the house at 4:30. Got there before 6:00, and the line was so long that when we asked the guy exchanging the print-out passes for tickets whether or not we should even bother, he said no, and that half of the people already lined up wouldn't get in.

But yeah, we picked up one of the little brochures from the theatre and saw all the midnight showings.

Too bad we missed the 3-D pornos on the 12th and 13th :lol:

[Benny Profane]

Saw this over the weekend. Other than praising the photography, I don't have many positive things to say about the film. It's not that it's boring, it's just standard liberal tragic-redemptive fare.

It could be interesting when viewed through the lens of the illegal immigration debate though. If you are anti-illegal immigration, does the film still make you pull for the characters to cross the border?

[Ezee E]

Saw this over the weekend. Other than praising the photography, I don't have many positive things to say about the film. It's not that it's boring, it's just standard liberal tragic-redemptive fare.

It could be interesting when viewed through the lens of the illegal immigration debate though. If you are anti-illegal immigration, does the film still make you pull for the characters to cross the border?

If you're anti-illegal immigration, I have a feeling your thoughts on it would not change a bit.

I was only disappointed with the last act of it as it all went down a territory that I knew it would head. It had a very neat beginning, going into two dangerous cultures that we don't normally see. The journey to get past the border was more interesting, but the casting of the gangsters was so perfect that I was just as interested in that plotline as well.

Some great photography at the train stations during the night as well.