Don Jon (2013)

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Allstar wrote:
DonJonsPrescription wrote:One of my most anticipated this year. So pleasantly surprised by the reports that JoGoLevitt chose to depict the world through stylized exaggerations and not naturalistic depictions.

Anyway,

EXCLU: Relativity Media in final negotiations to acquire DON JON'S ADDICTION! Planning a wide theatrical release.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118064906/

Nice.

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loop wrote:Rian Johnson on Don Jon's Addiction:

If you’ll forgive me, I’m going to gush a little about my friend Joe’s movie Don Jon’s Addiction.

Don Jon’s Addiction is about a young man in New Jersey whose addiction to internet porn is holding him back from having real relationships. Joe could have done this as a naturalistic character study, with underplayed performances and subdued non-committal style, and I’m sure it would have been great.

But Joe did the exact opposite. Don Jon is hyper-stylized not just in the easy-to-spot realm of visual style and execution, but in the sneakier and more abrasive/subversive arena of characters, world and conceptual construction. It’s not a realistic depiction of sex, or male/female relations, or Jersey culture, or family dynamics, and trying to read it as any of these things will lead to the equivalent of critiquing skillful caricature as failed portraiture. Its characters are all exaggerated, magnifying facets of a meticulously constructed object, and the sum of its parts is a meditation not on a young man’s struggle with porn or even his emotional maturation, but on the myriad screens we all use as proxies for intimacy with other human beings. That’s pretty vital stuff.

Oh, and it’s also funny as hell and so much fun to watch. You guys are going to love it. I couldn’t be prouder of Joe, and I can’t wait for everyone to see his ambitious, brave and terrific movie.
Although, to be honest, I didn't expect Johnson to say anything else with him being BFF with JGL and all.

Of course but Johnson's point is some people are thinking he went for a naturalistic take and are accusing the film of being a false depiction. He went for something stylized, exaggerated and risky. It's satire.

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I’m hearing that Relativity Media is wrapping up what will be an historic, precedent-setting deal for a Sundance film, harkening back to the days when distributors spent big big bucks here.

I think Gordon-Levitt has delivered the goods here, even if he has to make trims for an R rating. He’s a bright young man who’s willing to do what he needs to, and Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier, who took risk to get this film made with Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Tony Danza, will likely be smiling before lunchtime is over. Even if, as Gordon-Levitt told me in our Sundance interview, the financier wasn’t sure about the racy jokes until Gordon-Levitt’s 50/50 cohorts Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg watched a cut and laughed through the entire film. Those guys know R-rated comedy, and Chartier was left at ease.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/relativ ... addiction/

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Allstar wrote:
I’m hearing that Relativity Media is wrapping up what will be an historic, precedent-setting deal for a Sundance film, harkening back to the days when distributors spent big big bucks here.

I think Gordon-Levitt has delivered the goods here, even if he has to make trims for an R rating. He’s a bright young man who’s willing to do what he needs to, and Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier, who took risk to get this film made with Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Tony Danza, will likely be smiling before lunchtime is over. Even if, as Gordon-Levitt told me in our Sundance interview, the financier wasn’t sure about the racy jokes until Gordon-Levitt’s 50/50 cohorts Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg watched a cut and laughed through the entire film. Those guys know R-rated comedy, and Chartier was left at ease.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/relativ ... addiction/

Awesome news.

Sound's like JGL may have hit a homerun.

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