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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11204 Location: Bright Falls
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I Love You, Daddy
Quote: I Love You, Daddy is a 2017 American black-and-white comedy-drama film written and directed by Louis C.K. and starring C.K., Chloë Grace Moretz, Pamela Adlon, John Malkovich, Rose Byrne, Charlie Day and Helen Hunt. Co-producer Vernon Chatman co-wrote the story with C.K.; it is C.K.'s first film as director since Pootie Tang, released sixteen years earlier. In the film, C.K. plays television writer and producer Glen Topher. He becomes disconcerted after his teenage daughter (Moretz) is seduced by a much older film director (Malkovich).
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67043
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I Love You, Daddy
It is such a shame that the accusations toward Louis C.K. happened on the eve of I Love You, Daddy's release, because it is a brilliant film and a real achievement. It is extremely topical, not just with regards to C.K's recent tabloid life but with the whole movement regarding feminism, consent, positions of power etc., and it not coincidentally (I hope), in terms of dialogue and framing and locales, is a retro imitation of a Woody Allen comedy under the technical guise of a 50s drama. How gorgeous does that sound? It has all of the typical Allen elements. New York, Paris, relationship dilemmas, inadequacies, and even a direct real-life reference of an auteur filmmaker (played deceitfully predatory by John Malkovich) dating a minor. The film connections and conventions of yesteryear, editing, cinematography score...all brilliant. There is something magical that takes place when a film is shot in black-and-white. The lighting changes, and it instantaneously becomes art. Each frame could be a lobby card. Performance wise, everyone is on cue here. Charlie Day is very funny and unlike his other roles actually likable as C.K's character's famous best friend. Rose Byrne is also a standout, though her role is not all that difficult like Moretz's is, and she nails that style of entitled rich girl flawlessly.
Anyway, to cut a long story short ... it is a passé masterpiece, and I loved every second.
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