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Kill Your Darlings
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Krokidas
Screenplay byJohn Krokidas
Austin Bunn
Story byAustin Bunn
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyReed Morano
Edited byBrian A. Kates
Music byNico Muhly
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • January 18, 2013 (2013-01-18) (Sundance)
  • September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) (TIFF)
  • October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$499,000[1]

Kill Your Darlings is a 2013 American biographical drama film directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival garnering positive first reactions. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and it will have a limited theatrical North American release on October 18, 2013.[3]

Plot

The story surrounding David Kammerer's murder by Lucien Carr, which happens in the orbit of three founding writers of the Beat generation; Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.

Cast

Production

In 2008, while performing the Broadway play Equus, Daniel Radcliffe auditioned and got the part of Allen Ginsberg. Radcliffe went on to film the last two Harry Potter films, Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, and with him unavailable for filming, Chris Evans, Jesse Eisenberg, and Ben Whishaw were cast without Radcliffe. Shortly after, financing for the film fell through. When director John Krokidas started production on the film again, he offered the role of Allen Ginsberg back to Radcliffe.

Release

Critical reaction

Kill Your Darlings has received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a 75% rating based on reviews from 83 critics, with an average score of 6.7/10. The site's consensus states: "Bolstered by the tremendous chemistry between Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan, Kill Your Darlings casts a vivid spotlight on an early chapter in the story of the Beat Generation".[4] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 64 based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

The Telegraph granted the film a score of three out of five stars, stating that, "Unlike Walter Salles's recent adaptation of On The Road, which embraced the Beat philosophy with a wide and credulous grin, Kill Your Darlings is inquisitive about the movement's worth, and the genius of its characters is never assumed".[6] Reviewing Kill Your Darlings after its showing at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, critic Damon Wise of The Guardian lauded the film for being "the real deal, a genuine attempt to source the beginning of America's first true literary counterculture of the 20th century." Kill Your Darlings, wrote Wise, "creates a true sense of energy and passion, for once eschewing the clacking of typewriter keys to show artists actually talking, devising, and ultimately daring each other to create and innovate. And though it begins as a murder-mystery, Kill Your Darlings may be best described as an intellectual moral maze, a story perfectly of its time and yet one that still resonates today." Wise awarded the film four out of five stars.[7] Justin Chang of Variety wrote, "A mysterious Beat Generation footnote is fleshed out with skilled performances, darkly poetic visuals and a vivid rendering of 1940s academia in "Kill Your Darlings." Directed with an assured sense of style that pushes against the narrow confines of its admittedly fascinating story, John Krokidas' first feature feels adventurous yet somewhat hemmed-in as it imagines a vortex of jealousy, obsession and murder that engulfed Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac in the early days of their literary revolution."[8]

Box office

As of November 3, 2013, the film has grossed $499,000 in select North American theaters.[1]

Accolades

Awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result
BFI London Film Festival October 19, 2013 Sutherland Trophy John Krokidas Nominated
Gotham Awards[9] December 2, 2013 Best Breakthrough Actor Dane DeHaan Pending
Hamptons International Film Festival[10] October 12, 2013 Breakthrough Performer Won
Jack Huston Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival[11] January 5, 2013 Directors to Watch John Krokidas Won
Sundance Film Festival[12] January 26, 2013 Grand Jury Prize Kill Your Darlings Nominated
Venice Film Festival[13] September 7, 2013 The Venice Days International Award Won

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kill Your Darlings". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  3. ^ Chitwood, Adam (June 7, 2013). "KILL YOUR DARLINGS Set for October 18th Release; Matthew McConaughey's DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Opens December 6th". collider.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. ^ "Kill Your Darlings (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "Kill Your Darlings". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  6. ^ Collin, Robbie (September 5, 2013). "Kill Your Darlings, Venice Film Festival, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 12, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Wise, Damon (January 20, 2013). "Sundance film festival 2013: Kill Your Darlings - first look review". The Guardian. Retrieved January 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Chang, Justin (January 18, 2013). "Sundance film festival 2013: Kill Your Darlings - first look review". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Schoenbrun, Dan (October 24, 2013). "Nominees Announced for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards By IFP". Independent Filmmaker Project. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "Variety's 10 Actors to Watch Honored at Hamptons Film Festival". Variety. PMC. October 12, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ Janosik, Erin (August 6, 2013). "WATCH: Daniel Radcliffe in 'Kill Your Darlings' Teaser". BBC America. BBC Worldwide. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  12. ^ "'Kill Your Darlings' slays Venice". Cornell Chronicle. September 9, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  13. ^ "The Venice Days International Award goes to Kill Your Darlings". Venice Days. 07/09/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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