Matt porterfield is raising funds for i used to be darker on kickstarter. Putty hill 2011, directed by matthew porterfield movie. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, tv. I m just as excited about this film, and this filmmaker, as i was after seeing stranger than paradise or she s gotta. An offtheradar indie breakthrough from hardscrabble baltimore comes putty hill, a startling film about real workingclass lifeshares. Looking into the drab lives of the putty hill community by way of thenphotographer jeremy saulniers unique sense of framing and light, or lack thereof, achieves the goal of presenting a small citys sense of community in one specific area under the circumstance. A teacher in the film and media studies program at johns hopkins, porterfield has one. How it found a distributor, let alone ever saw the light of day, is beyond me. He has made four feature films to date, hamilton 2006, putty hill 2011, i used to be darker 20 and sollers point 2017. Putty hill might be the least histrionic film of its kind. As we find out through interviews conducted with various charactersby director matthew. The following list averages the opinions of my favorite critics plus eventually mine.
Everything you need to know about putty hill movie 2011. From a wedding to a funeral as jason solomons hooks up with paul feig to talk bridesmaids and baltimore director matt porterfield discusses the funeral karaoke in his film putty hill. The new movie putty hill is about a working class neighborhood on the outskirts of baltimore. This neighborhood, located just inside the city line, is the inspiration for much of my work and sets the scene for putty hill. In 2006, matthew porterfield gave us hamilton, a quiet, moody film about two young kids who have just become parents. Matt porterfield is the writerdirector of three acclaimed feature films, hamilton 2006, putty hill 2011 and i used to be darker 20. There is so much wrong with putty hill, the feature film debut of helmer matthew porterfield, that one hardly knows were to begin its list of crimes against humanity. The plot focuses on friends and family who gather to remember a young man in the aftermath of his death and attempt to reconstruct his last days. Over here in putty hill, the traces of pedro costas influencewhich porterfield has the. This mesmerising, formally daring film heralds a distinctive new voice in american indie cinema in the form of writerdirector matthew porterfield. Pic centers on the gathering of the extended family and friends of a. If theres an independent cinema, this is it, and if theres a new director, here he is. Putty hill trailer copyright 2010 cinema guild youtube.
Putty hill is one of the most exciting american indie films in years. In 2010, his film putty hill premiered at the berlinales international forum of new cinema. It is now the setting for putty hill, one of the most original and atmospheric indie movies ive seen in ages, heralding its director matt porterfield as a distinctive new voice in american film. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember. Our mission is to guide film lovers searching, lost or adrift in an overwhelming sea of content. His work is in the permanent collection of the museum of modern art and has screened at centre pompidou, walker art center, the whitney biennial, and film festivals such as sundance, the berlinale, and sxsw.
Putty hill provides an odd combination of seeming observation and plain setup, producing peculiar and intriguing tensions. This is a 2disc set of movies made by matt porterfield, a filmmaker living in baltimore. Currency putty hill matthew porterfield, us cinema scope. Synopsis a beautifully realized portrait of a closeknit community on the outskirts of baltimore, putty hill is the second feature from celebrated young film. Cinema guild is handling the rollout stateside, which will begin in nyc at cinema village on february 18th. Putty hill originally produced as a motion picture in 2010. Putty hill was released in 2011 on friday, february 18, 2011 in 1 theater. Porterfield, filmmaker of putty hill, wins 2011 sondheim. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. A new film by matt porterfield hamilton, putty hill about family, love.
Financial analysis of putty hill 2011 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The film centers around the death of a young man, cody, in the fictional baltimore suburb of putty hill, but all you ever see of him is a photograph near the end. Putty hill is a low key and naturalistic movie that takes place after cory has overdosed at the age of 24. Like charles burnett or even jia zhangke, hes more interested in the poetry of small gestures. Watch putty hill, the coming of age film by matt porterfield fandor. Matthew matt porterfield born october 6, 1977 is an american independent filmmaker. The people are boring, the story, if you can call it having been a lurker on the metacritic site for some time, putty hill is the movie that caused me to. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including big mommas. A runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in baltimore and finds their marriage ending and her cousin in crisis. Matt porterfields putty hill opens in new york the.
Exquisitely shot and employing surprising documentary techniques, putty hill is one of the most exciting american indie films in years. Putty hill 2011 friends and family of cory, a young man who has died of an overdose, gather at a baltimorearea karaoke bar for his wake and compare stories about him. Foreign movies show sometimes a year later, so if you cant find a title, check last years ratings. Sky ferreira in putty hill 2010 zoe vance in putty hill 2010 sky ferreira in. Special features include audio commentary with the director and other crew, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, theatrical trailers. Matt porterfield, the director of the coming movie putty hill, finds that seatofthepants solutions are imperative for indie filmmaking. A festival trailer for the new independent film, putty hill, directed by matt porterfield. I used to be darker by matt porterfield kickstarter. I was raised in a baltimore suburb wild with unkempt hedges, disheveled lawns and porches, yards full of car parts and swimming pools, and a church or a bar on every corner. Notebook is a daily, international film publication. Like father, like son, unknown and i am number four. Even more glaring is the invisibility of the anonymous man behind the camera, who frequently questions the characters as though he were a documentary filmmaker and. Opens feb 18 matt porterfields second feature, putty hill, is a harrowing look at a troubled baltimore neighborhood that seems on the verge of caving in on itself or being swallowed up by the woods that surround it. Im pleased totallyfuckingstoked to report that after a great year of festival play, putty hill will see its theatrical release in the first quarter of 2011.
Released february 18th, 2011, putty hill stars dustin ray, cody ray, zoe vance, sky ferreira the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of 78 out of 100 on metacritic. This list shows all films released in 2011, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. The most important characters in putty hill never appear onscreen. A beautifully realized portrait of a closeknit community on the outskirts of baltimore, putty hill is the second feature from celebrated young filmmaker matt porterfield hamilton.
This two disc collectors edition also includes hamilton 2006, 65 minutes the debut film from matt porterfield. Its the second feature by a young director named matt. Putty hill, unknown, truffaut, more on notebook mubi. A workingclass neighborhood in south baltimore, putty hill is home to a variety of weekendwarrior paintball enthusiasts, excon tattoo artists, longhaired me. Putty hill and i used to be darker had their international premieres at the berlin international film. In the days that follow, the family struggles to let go of the past while searching for new things to hold onto. Porterfield, filmmaker of putty hill, wins 2011 sondheim prize.
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