There was a time when Nicolas Cage was discovered as a good actor. A time when alternated with prestigious projects craziest interpretations. Cage was able to achieve an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas and after overreacting to the limits in films like Cara a Cara .
Gradually his race was abandoning the more serious titles and settling in products like Wicker Man Ghost Rider or Bangkok Dangerous . Many lament for her roles in The Lord of War or Adaptation (Adaptation) , for which she received her second nomination for the Academy Awards.
For those who prefer to Nicolas Cage content and sober arrives Joe , the film David Gordon Green with which the actor is in top form giving his best performance in many years. A title that shows that when you are tied into short and is forced to leave his histrionics is still able to hold a film on his shoulders.
Joe , Nicolas Cage portrays Joe Ransom, ex-con in the middle of the American heartland that will become the role model for a kid with a troubled family.
The film was presented at the Festival Venice 2013, and is a new example of the talent and diversity of the work of its director. It’s hard not to remember that David Gordon Green began its work in Hollywood hand more brainless comedy . He rose to fame with Pineapple Express , and later continued in the genre with much less success in Gentlemen, Your Highness and Kangaroo . Two bets that failed at the box office and with critics.
From that moment the director took a 180 degree turn in his career and became a filmmaker far more interested in intimate dramedias in the mood thug. Gradually it has evolved into a much more interesting director who fight the big festivals. It was in Berlin with Prince Avalanche (where it won the award for Best Director ), and Venice with Joe and his last work, Manglehorn .
This movie is its most obvious bet for the drama. A film with a classic age story and an adult model, but in principle it seems unwise, everything ends up being a father to him. Echoes of the recent Mud, Jeff Nichols , and even the Gran Torino Eastwood for more adult film Gordon Green.
The director succeeds in building environments, forests, houses, shops, everything smells dirty, old, depression . A critical part of America forgotten by all, and does so without being too showy, just looking through the eyes of Nicolas Cage.
Still from ‘Joe’ by David Gordon Green The relationship between him and Tye Sheridan is drawn with clean, clear stroke, without fanfare. Excited by the simplicity that exudes Green in each plane. Nothing musical underlining or forced dramatic turns, everything runs its leisurely pace to the end redemptive as tradition of the genre.
Joe is also the confirmation Sheridan, who has become the teen actor cult filmmakers. Terrence Malick Jeff Nichols Gordon Green … all committed to the look of this young man who promises to become one of the performers of Hollywood future.
To complete the cast the director chose to mix professional actors with amateurs, resulting in a natural as showing the character of the father, played by Poulter Gary , that As in the film begging before being hired, and had a history of violence and alcohol problems. Shortly after completing the film, Poulter was found abandoned and died in Austin, Texas. A tragedy that makes his character a reflection of the small distance between the fact and fiction .
Joe
Director: David Gordon Green
Duration:
Nationality: USA
Drama
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Gary Poulter, Adriene Mishler, Brian Mays
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