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In times of great despair come great surprises.
That's what happened in early 2022, when the specialty box office was trying to regain its footing after the Omicron variant. Just when it seemed all was lost, A24 showed up with a rare gem. Everything, everywhere, all at once. And it provided the necessary heat for the art house. The film grossed $77 million in the US, making it the highest-grossing film in A24 history.
After two strikes that left a brutal mark on the box office, arthouses may use a savior again.
Rose Glass gets a lot of attention at Sundance.
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It could be A24's lesbian love crime action thriller on steroids Love Lies Bleeding From filmmaker Rose Glass. The film will be released in limited release on his March 8th and nationwide on March 15th. If anything, A24 knows how to use coolness to expand its audience. In fact, many moviegoers (like HBO and viewers) are just fans of the brand and arrive at the theater without much knowledge about the movie. If it's an A24, they trust and know it's a fun, twisty ride.
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Love Lies Bleeding Kristen Stewart plays manager Lou, who falls in love with Jackie, an amateur competitive bodybuilder. the mandalorianKatie O'Brian. Jackie works for Lou's gun smuggler father (Ed Harris). But everything goes awry when Jackie takes revenge on the husband of Lou's sister (played by Dave Franco) who brutally beat his wife (Jena Malone). Love Lies Bleeding Never let go.In fact, it's something like speed About acids. The picture, which turns crime genre movies on its head, is like a shot of Red Bull at sleepy Sundance, and drew an enthusiastic response at its world premiere at the Eccles Theatre. After playing at Sundance and recently in Berlin, Love Lies Bleeding It has a 91% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deadline film critic Valerie Complex exclaimed in her review that “Glass” is “a snapshot of America.” It is marked by guns, bloodshed, and lawlessness. But when you throw in a dazzling sprinkling of sexy, creepy queerness, you get a movie like this, full of thrills and mesmerizing energy. ”
We interviewed Glass on tonight's Crew Call. In addition to directing, Glass also co-wrote the screenplay with co-creator Weronika Tfilska. Glass said the tempo of the photos comes from her “short attention span and not wanting to bore people.”
“It's about excess and ambition on a certain level, and we just needed it to feel like there was a sense of propulsion and energy,” Glass said.
How Glass broke the story, intentionally set the film in the 1980s (she admitted she was “trying to make life difficult for the characters”), tracked down O'Brian, and brought the project to Film4. We spoke to Glass about how he made this happen.
You can listen to our chat with Glass below.
