And Tatum too right? When did this happen?Allstar wrote:I wonder if NF's will be more excited now that
is in it.
"It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life because that's going to happen. All that matters is you gotta get up."
And Tatum too right? When did this happen?Allstar wrote:I wonder if NF's will be more excited now that
is in it.
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I have to say DON JOHN'S ADDICTION is a far better study of sex addiction than SHAME. #Sundance13
Mike Ryan @mikeryan
Don Jon's Addiction -- more like (500) Days of Hummers. (But, yes, the funniest movie I've seen at the festival so far.) #sundance
Steven Weintraub @colliderfrosty
.@hitrecordjoe's DON JON'S ADDICTION was great. Laughed a ton and the audience loved it. Will absolutely sell.
Ethan Newberry @EthanNewberry
Damn, @hitrecordjoe's 'Don Jon's Addiction' was awesome. Nailed it! #Sundance
Don R. Lewis @PetalumaFilms
I really liked JON DON's ADDICTION. Funny and smart look at how people treat each other plus, great performances! #Sundance
Jennifer Hixson @thedesiredgurl
Don Jon's Addiction was EXCELLENT @hitRECordJoe !!!!! #Sundance2013 #donjonsaddiction #love
Michael Hogan @m1keh0gan
Tony Danza's performance in DON JON'S ADDICTION is Stage 5 Comeback level.
Matt Cohen @Matt_D_Cohen
DON JON'S ADDICTION is an impressive debut from JGL. Stymied gender politics aside, it's a rather smart + funny film #Sundance
James Robinson @jalrobinson
Don Jon's Addiction succeeds I think because it manages to be a rom com that successfully attacks against objectification #Sundance
Not bad.Allstar wrote:Sundance Review: 'Don Jon's Addiction' Is A Charming & Impressive Directorial Debut From Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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And Tatum too right? When did this happen?
“I wanted to tell a love story,” he said after the tail credits scrolled across the giant screen.
“But in my observation, what gets in the way of love is people objectifying each other. People put labels on each other and have a checklist of expectations. Rather than seeing what makes them a unique human being, it’s like, well, what are her tits like, what is her ass like?”
It’s no different for women, either, he said: They generally look at the man as a source of income and status.
“I wanted to write a story about that,” said the veteran actor who appeared as an alien in 3rd Rock from the Sun, as well as a hit man in the recent Looper.
“In fact, I was thinking about it in terms of movies before I thought of it in terms of porn: The way that people learn what they are supposed to like from Hollywood romance,” he said.
“And then I thought of Don Juan and the ladies’ man who is addicted to porn, because the symbol of a guy sitting there watching pornography seemed to me, well that’s objectification right there. There is no connection between that guy and that woman, and that’s where it started.”
Gordon-Levitt said the addiction is an extension of objectification. “I think people objectify lots of things, whether it’s about connecting with another person, friends and family, your spirituality, or lot of things: Rather than really connecting with it, people turn it into an object they can consume, and that’s what this movie is about.”
Allstar wrote:
And Tatum too right? When did this happen?
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.
Although, to be honest, I didn't expect Johnson to say anything else with him being BFF with JGL and all.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.