Louder Than Bombs (film)
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| Directed by | Joachim Trier |
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| Cinematography | Jakob Ihre |
| Edited by | Olivier Bugge Coutté |
| Music by | Ola Fløttum |
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Running time | 109 minutes[1][2] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | US$11 million |
| Box office | US$1,157,616[3] |
Louder Than Bombs is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Joachim Trier, and co-written with Eskil Vogt. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, David Strathairn, and Amy Ryan.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It has also been selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It won the Nordic Council Film Prize.
Cast
- Jesse Eisenberg as Jonah Reed[6]
- Gabriel Byrne as Gene Reed[6]
- Isabelle Huppert as Isabelle Reed[6]
- David Strathairn as Richard[7]
- Amy Ryan as Hannah[7]
- Rachel Brosnahan as Erin[8]
- Devin Druid as Conrad Reed
- Leslie Lyles as Principal
Production
On 9 May 2013, Eisenberg, Byrne, and Huppert joined the film, which Trier was set to direct for his English-language debut.[6] On 29 August, the film was postponed indefinitely due to financial problems.[9] On 5 February 2014, Arte France Cinema was on board to finance the film.[10] On 4 September, Strathairn and Ryan joined the cast of the film.[7] On 9 September, Brosnahan joined the film to play Eisenberg's character's ex-girlfriend.[8]
Filming
On 21 August 2014, it was reported that the crews started the preparations for the shooting of the film on Northern Boulevard in Bayside, New York.[11] The eight-week of filming began on 4 September 2014, in New York City.[7]
Reception
Louder Than Bombs has received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 73% approval rating based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The general consensus being: "Louder Than Bombs finds director Joachim Trier using a capable cast in pursuit of some lofty dramatic goals, even if his ambitions occasionally evade his grasp."[12] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reports the film has a score of 70 based on 32 reviews.[13]
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club described the film as "the kind of multi-faceted, ambitious, incompletely resolved American drama that American filmmakers never seem to get around to making: novelistic in subject and structure, but completely cinematic in the way it expresses itself, even if Trier’s camera style never rises to the sophistication of his influences."[14]
References
- ^ "LOUDER THAN BOMBS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ Gravestock, Steve. "Louder than Bombs". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Louder Than Bombs (2016) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d Goodfellow, Melanie (9 May 2013). "Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisenberg and Isabelle Huppert board Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs". screendaily.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d McNary, Dave (4 September 2014). "Amy Ryan, David Strathairn Join Jesse Eisenberg in 'Louder than Bombs'". variety.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Rachel Brosnahan Joins 'Louder Than Bombs'". deadline.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (29 August 2013). "Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs shelved". screendaily.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Rodriguez, Cain (5 February 2014). "Joachim Trier's 'Louder Than Bombs' Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isabelle Huppert & Gabriel Byrne Is Back On". indiewire.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Jankiewicz, Eric (21 August 2014). "Movie starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne begins film preparations in Bayside". queenscourier.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Louder Than Bombs". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Louder Than Bombs". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "Cannes gets a boost from new films by the directors of Oslo, August 31st and Blue Ruin". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 June 2016.