rampart ( film )
“rampart” producer lawrence inglee acknowledges that the film is serving as a kind of guinea pig for the modified millennium .
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terrance malick’s “the tree of life” topped the winners of the african - american film critics awards, topping runners - up “drive, ” “pariah” and “rampart. ”
an earlier version of this review mistakenly attributed the co - authorship of rampart' s screenplay to elmore leonard. the film was co - written by james ellroy .
, it should have no trouble expanding at least somewhat. the overall number one film ,
before you go to see the rampart movie, watch this next video first with comments from the film' s producer ben foster and director oren moverman about how they shaped the story .
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perhaps it' s just as well. after all, only a few cops in los angeles' s rampart division were convicted of corruption way back then, and today rampart cops are known as honest and tough .
go ahead, ask woody harrelson anything…as long as it & apos; s about his current movie, rampart .
' rampart'. a fine lesson in self - destruction that meandered too often between some nice uncomfortable moments .
next is a spectacular video interview with director oren moverman. rampart director oren moverman runs: 3: 36 mins
actor ben foster, who co - starred in the messenger and rampart, will present the award to moverman .
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at the beginning of the film, the screen is black and a graphic states
los angeles 1999
as the film fades into a wide shot overview of the hamburger stand, a 2005 cadillac cts drives through the intersection .
a lot of information is available about the real rampart scandal in news stories, most of it conflicting. for an excellent perspective, please watch the real rampart story in a two - part documentary near the end of this article .
the following insightful video interviews about the rampart movie feature actor woody harrelson, director oren moverman and producer ben foster .
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what also convinced the “rampart” team was a commitment from millennium films production president mark gill, the veteran distribution executive who presided over warner independent pictures in its heyday (“march of the penguins”), to consult on the film’s theatrical release .
harrelson delivers his best performance in years. he is a chain smoking, articulate and volatile figure that is on the brink of blowing at any moment. he consumes the film because he is the film. he is in every scene to…
even screenwriter ellroy says that the so - called rampart scandal was
a stick of dynamite with a wet fuse .
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“rampart” is rated r (under 17 requires parent or adult guardian). bad behavior in the extreme, and toe sucking .
police and prosecutors say the department needs a more permanent - - and larger - - funding source so the film won' t fall victim to budget shortfalls. the department has had to scramble in recent months to supply enough film to meet growing demand .
cops who lived through the rampart scandal and have seen the movie say it is authentic, the real deal, and captures the essence of the events and the atmosphere. regular moviegoers are not convinced and think the rampart scandal could be dropped without missing anything .
captivating drama, rampart is a surprisingly gripping film about a corrupt cop played by woody harrelson in a well rounded performance. the film' s story is smart, tense and is entertaining due to a strong performance by its lead actor. what i enjoyed about the film was that it was a tense piece of drama, a film that managed to be a gripping, well paced picture that told a riveting story and is elevated by some strong performances. i didn' t expect much going into this film, and i must admit, i kind of avoided it for awhile, but i' m glad i did. directed by the same director who helped the terrific drama the messenger, rampart gives you an unflinching portrait of a cop that is corrupt and abuses his oath. harrelson is perfect for the part, and he commands each scene that he' s in. the story is well constructed and is perfectly paced in order to create a rousing sense of tension, which is ever present in the film. this is a fine drama thriller, one that ranks among the most memorable ones in the last few years, and like i said, it' s a film that is entertaining and captivating in the way it handles its story. this is a film that is well worth your time if you want a well executed drama that boasts great performances, terrific storytelling and exceptional direction. rampart is an incredible drama and it' s a film that is thoroughly engaging and is a finely made picture that you won' t forget anytime soon. the film' s strength lies in a solid and unforgettable performance by woody harrelson and it has a finely written script that has never a dull moment .
millennium mounted an oscar - qualifying one - week run in late november that generated some strong reviews for “rampart” (“terrific — tense, shocking, complex [ and ] mesmerizing: ” entertainment weekly), but the film saw little award - season recognition beyond a spirit award nomination for harrelson. ford says the preliminary release produced fairly good initial sales and helped “keep up the momentum” on the film .
the movie has hit some festivals and i’m already hearing so much about how good harrelson is in the film that i’ve just had to shut down all of the chatter until i get a chance to see the film. rampart is scheduled for a limited oscar - qualifying run in new york and la starting next week, but most of us won’t get a chance to see it until january 2012 .
harrelson replied to andy rooney' s question claiming the story was not true followed by
lets focus on the film people .
redditor bersh pointed out harrelson’s insistence to only answer questions about the film he was promoting, despite using the thread topic ask me anything .
woody harrelson as police officer dave brown in rampart:' he' s an emblematic figure, though precisely what he represents remains undefined.'
the backlash didn’t end there. both harrelson and rampart have become running jokes on reddit and a bevy of memes mocking the event have proliferated throughout the web. one redditor even submitted an entry for “rampart” to urltoken, defined as “to have sex with and then never call again. ”
while gill will only consult on the theatrical releases of “rampart” and “bernie, ” bill lee says his contributions so far have been “invaluable. ”
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the movie is full of action, and has great acting, excellent characters and touching scenes. even though the rampart movie may be a film for real men with unrealistic dreams and no understanding of women (which is nearly 100% of us poor slobs), we think it is worth seeing .
why is he this way? that question helps explain why the movie is so absorbing, because there is no answer .
rampart
lacks the usual plot engines behind crime films, in which motivation comes from money, lust or revenge. brown behaves in this film primarily just to do bad things .
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there' s some family drama here that flows well with the narrative at first. then it just goes away. ben foster shows his ability to be unrecognizable. a well paced film that showcases the range of the actors involved. the ending is very abrupt and makes the film all the more forgettable .
hi reddit, it’s woody here. i’m in new york today doing interviews for my new film rampart, which opens in theaters on february 10th. i’ll be checking in from 3 - 4est today and will get to as many of your questions as i can, so start asking now! be back soon .
rampart: to have sex with and then never call again. did you hear about woody harrelson ramparting that girl' s virginity at her high school prom ?
he did strong work as a gruff army captain breaking bad news to the families of fallen soldiers in the messenger. now he has teamed up again with that film' s director, oren moverman, for rampart. as dave brown, a cop in late - 1990s los angeles, he looks like an easter island statue in shades, or a bullet with stubble scalp. the film portrays one man' s dark night of the soul in gaudy, sun - frazzled colours .
rampart doesn’t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did, mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion .
if you give me a gun and don' t give me the bullets, what good is that ?
said sgt. john vanelli, who works in the lapd' s rampart police station .
if you give me a camera and no film... i can' t use that tool anymore .
again, there are some things to like about the film. it’s well - made, creates an unsettling atmosphere, and even starts to break into emotional territory in the final act (i hesitate to say “third” for the reasons stated above). of course, there’s also harrelson’s performance to marvel at, but the sudden ending doesn’t do the film any favors, not after waiting through what felt like the writers stalling more development until the conclusion. that’s where rampart ultimately becomes a letdown .
youtube uploads of trailers for rampart began being disliked in large numbers following the posting. within 3 days the official upload of the trailer had 236 likes to 194 dislikes .
the crunchy rock laid over this trailer sounds completely wrong for the movie, but that aside rampart looks fantastic and harrelson comes across like a total monster. can’t wait .
harrelson denied the allegation, but things only got worse from there, as he refused to answer questions that didn’t pertain to the film and left the conversation shortly thereafter .
some police stations, including devonshire and van nuys in the san fernando valley, have stockpiled the film. but others have just a few shots left in their cameras .
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rampart doesn' t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did, mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion .
woody harrelson (“rampart”) and albert brooks (“drive”) took acting wins alongside “the help” stars viola davis and octavia spencer, while “shame” director steve mcqueen took directing honors .
to further confirm that the idea wasn’t thought out to its full extent, the film leaves us with an ambiguous ending. we have some notion where the main plot might go, among other threads, but nothing is resolved by the time the credits begin to roll, as though the writers decided not to have a third act for the film .
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lee specifically touts millennium’s ability to eschew “a one - size - fits - all approach” in favor of selecting one of four distinct release plans to best fit a film’s needs .
2. drive 3. pariah 4. rampart 5. shame 6. moneyball 7. the descendants 8. a better life 9. my week with marylin 10. the help
the los angeles police department' s late -' 90s reputation was far from spotless; reports of misconduct came flooding by the dozen out of the anti - gang unit of the
rampart
division. oren moverman' s rampart funnels those widespread sins into a single vessel — a cop whose corruption runs so deep that he barely acknowledges right and wrong anymore .
harrelson answered :
first off, its not true, and second off, i don' t want to answer questions about that. lets focus on the film people .
but even representatives at polaroid, which sold the cameras and film to the city at a discount, say they can' t do much about the lapd' s budget troubles .
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the film is written, almost inevitably, by james ellroy, connoisseur of all things rotten in the city of angels. his co - writer, and the film' s director, is oren moverman, whose brilliant debut, the messenger (out in the uk last year), also starred harrelson as an army officer deputed to
casualty notification
– bringing the bad news to the relatives of soldiers killed on active duty. if that film was about coping with a difficult job, rampart is all about not coping, about making a difficult job much worse. harrelson plays la patrol cop dave
date rape
brown, whose unfortunate moniker alludes to a notorious case in which he may have murdered a serial date rapist .
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today’s new york and los angeles release of “rampart” will test the marketability of woody harrelson playing a corrupt l. a. cop — and the mettle of its fledgling distributor, millennium entertainment .
the marketing team behind the upcoming movie, rampart, have been pasting up controversial posters in several major u. s. cities showing woody harrelson’s character, officer dave brown, beating a man with a night stick. the posters simply say “i work for you” with the opening date and are meant to look like street art wheatpaste posters. the film opens february 10, 2012 .
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rampart division of the lapd covers an area of nearly eight square miles and serves 375, 000 people west and northwest of downtown los angeles, including echo park, pico - union and westlake. its name is derived from rampart boulevard, one of the main streets in its patrol area. the division employs about 350 police officers and is l. a.' s most densely populated community .
from the moment i heard about rampart the movie placed high on my ‘must - see’ list. the messenger director oren moverman reunites with woody harrelson and ben foster to tell a story about the lapd’s disgraced rampart division, with a script originally written by la crime master james ellroy. ice cube is a good cop and ned beatty is in the movie, as are sigourney weaver and steve buscemi .
though harrelson said he continued to circle back to his film because he
consider [ s ] my time valuable ,
users vowed to boycott the flick after the 15 - minute online fiasco .
lapd cmdr. jim mcmurray, head of the division that handles domestic violence training, said the department is studying the use of digital photography, an expensive technology that does not use conventional film .
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rampart
doesn' t tell a coherent story as much as swirl the drain with dave, as his increasingly desperate efforts to save himself simply result in a cascade of self - inflicted wounds .
hollywood has made a movie about one of the worst police scandals in u. s. history, a movie about bad cops doing bad things in the 1990s. well, maybe it' s about the rampart scandal. according to many moviegoers, they don' t think the rampart scandal, although used as a
backdrop ,
has much to do with what goes on in the movie .
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” but less strawberry - scented) and coming under fire for his brutal tactics. we got to speak to harrelson about the character, his relationship with “rampart” director moverman, his thoughts on the forthcoming “
woody harrelson participated in one of reddit' s
ask me anything
( ama) threads friday, but perhaps someone should have told him it wasn' t called
ask me anything, as long as it' s about my new movie .
the 50 - year - old actor' s answers infuriated the website' s users as he attempted to promote his new film ,
rampart .
woody harrelson hits movie screens with such galvanizing force in rampart, you might be surprised that hollywood didn' t cower and hand him an oscar nomination, trembling. it' s getting harder and harder to remember that he first came to fame as lovable naive
woody
on cheers. his turn in rampart is closer to that worldly carnality from the people vs. larry flynt but drained of any subversive joy .
“but it was nice to have marketing and pr and distribution all on the same page, especially on a specialty film, ” says patricof. “it takes a village to release one of these things. ”
the city attorney' s office bought 400 of the cameras last year for officers to document injuries, providing powerful evidence for prosecutors. the lapd pays for the film, which costs about 90 cents a shot .
woody harrelson is leaner in
rampart ,
the skin tight over the skull, the jawline defiant. his eyes are busy. he is a cop in the los angeles police district that became notorious in 1999 as a cesspool of corruption, but this man takes corruption with him wherever he goes. the movie is co - written by the unsurpassed crime writer james ellroy, who no doubt knows enough stories about rampart to write a dozen movies, but his inspiration here is to make this cop a stand - alone character study, isolated within himself. he doesn' t require the reprehensible environment of rampart. he' s self - fueled .
rampart takes its title from the lapd division that became mired in accusations of brutality and corruption consistent with those aired in the film. that implicated an entire squad, whereas the movie (co - written by moverman and the novelist james ellroy) is a character study, isolating dave to such an extent that he seems at times to be the only cop pounding the beat, the one scapegoat for an entire department' s ills .
academy award - nominated oren moverman is the writer / director of the recently shot the dinner, (starring richard gere and laura linney), and time out of mind. he is the winner of the international critics award at the 2014 toronto film festival. moverman also directed rampart and his directorial debut the messenger, which garnered a nomination for the 2010 best screenplay award and other accolades. he is also a much - acclaimed screenwriter .
“the whole industry is still searching for the best possible formula, ” says lee. “but we’re studying each film, studying the market and coordinating with retailers, filmmakers and exhibitors to find the best release for them. ”
polaroid is not stupid ,
mcmurray said .
i think they were creating a little demand for this film... . if i had to do it again, i might rethink this generous donation .
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dave brown (woody harrelson) is the distillation of the worst qualities of every dirty cop you' ve seen on - screen before, as smartly manipulative as he is physically cruel. it' s a tough job to put a character this unlikable at the center of a movie without making the film just as distasteful. but moverman and co - writer james ellroy humanize brown without ever absolving him, making rampart a fascinating if deeply disturbing character study .
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as one user quipped, it turned out, unsurprisingly, harrelson was interested not in an ama but in an amaar (
ask me anything about rampart
). while entertainment journos might respect those rules of engagement, the world wide web is less tame. some of the other questions were about harrelson' s acting and past film roles, but the discussion about his role in a teenager' s senior year dominated the discussion and resulting news coverage .
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it, in a tangential way, reminds me of jodie foster sending out screeners of the beaver after the awards' run saying she just hopes people see it, and i hope that happens with rampart. it deserves to be seen .
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crumbling at the' rampart': veteran l. a. cop dave brown (woody harrelson, whose last collaboration with director oren moverman earned him his second oscar nomination) is under pressure and not handling it well. millennium entertainment hide caption
of course, harrelson was not pleased with the question .
first of off, its not true, and second off, i don' t want to answer questions about that. lets focus on the film people ,
he replied .
the following day, a post titled
look, woody! you' re on urban dictionary
was submitted to the / r / funny [ 9 ] subreddit which included a screenshot of an urban dictionary submission for the word
rampart .
the following plot description comes from the film producer' s marketing machine, so it can' t give away too much. but if you wish to remain oblivious until you see the movie, then don' t read the next few paragraphs .
another cop film. what a surprise. woody harrelson is still fantastic here while playing a jackass. if i had his job then i might be a creep as well. i shouldn' t feel sorry for such a character, but harrelson makes you care about his situation that feels like entrapment. however, its still an average film at best. director oren moverman does a fine job even if it lacks the emotional punch of his previous effort and at times the narrative feels a little muddled .
ahhh, the film that made woody harrelson the most hated man on reddit (if you don' t know what i' m talking about, you have some reading to do my friend - - urltoken he was slaughtered, teased, provoked and assaulted (all verbally of course) and now he' s out to take revenge in' rampart.' an engaging tale about a contemptible, rebellious cop whose life takes a continuous downward spiral as he struggles to keep his position on the police force .
after initially saying the department couldn' t afford to buy more film until the new fiscal year begins in july, department officials this week scraped together $ 40, 000 to replenish the supply. but police officials concede that is only a temporary solution .
advocates for battered women agree. patty giggans, executive director of the los angeles commission on assaults against women, said :
i think it' s absolutely ridiculous that they' re driving around with cameras, proven successful, and no film .
woody harrelson, who portrays a corrupt police officer and vietnam vet in the oren moverman - directed drama rampart, talks to the hollywood reporte r' s executive features editor stephen galloway about training for the intense role, and getting into trouble in his youth .
but you don’t have to wait until “the hunger games” spring debut to see a truly stellar woody harrelson performance. “rampart” opens in new york and la for an oscar - qualifying one - week run starting on wednesday before opening wide in january. don’t miss it .
‪rampart - this cop drama has a great cast and good central performance from woody harrelson. but even with this great ensemble it doesn’t elevate it above mediocre. on analysis it really feels too much like a movie version of ‘the shield’! (b -) ‬
there is an acrid, pessimistic, despairing wit in rampart sometimes, especially when brown reveals his specious fluency in legal casework, easily coming up with a legal precedent that justifies the latest brutality – which he may or may not have made up. perhaps this nightmare can still end in some kind of deal for brown. but it is when he has to face the incomprehension and contempt of his children that the blank despair shows on harrelson' s face. rampart is a gripping movie, and a great addition to the ellroy canon .
movie review -' rampart' - a dissolute centurion, on his last legs director oren moverman and woody harrelson (the messenger) team up again for a complex account of a corrupt los angeles cop and his a final desperate bid to cash in. (recommended )
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in that film, harrelson' s character turns out to have feelings after all. he' s such a versatile actor, able to point one way and act in another. we know he can do that, and maybe that' s why he' s so fascinating in
rampart .
is it really possible for a man to be as evil and indifferent as dave brown, and be empty inside? apparently so. what made him that way? maybe nothing did. maybe it' s just the way he is .
shooting down the first user who asked about an alleged one - night stand, harrelson — who agreed to the online interview seemingly aware of its format — got defensive and told the forum & apos; s users he only wanted to
focus on the film .
this film is very hit and miss. some scenes are very good, some are very underwhelming. plus there is a great cast, and yet some people like ice cube, sigourney weaver have barely any screentime. steve buscemi appears for about 30 seconds and yet he makes it to the poster billing. i would describe this film as an atmospheric thriller / drama very much in the vein of herzog' s bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans. dave brown is a similar character, a corrupt cop with a massive ego. the film has some jarring editing and the plot often feels disjointed. the film also feels too long and has some major pacing issues. they cram a lot of excitement into the first 30 minutes, and then in the middle hour it slows down a hell of a lot. some scenes just feel out of place, like the nightclub scene. it' s a complete mish mash of good and bad ideas colliding into each other, only just held together by interesting characters and good performances. i expected more from a piece written by james ellroy .
foster is best known for freaks & geeks, six feet under and major roles in many movies including x - men: the last stand, alpha dog, 3: 10 to yuma, the messenger, the mechanic, rampart, kill your darlings, lone survivor and warcraft .
now let' s have a look at the
a
story, the rampart scandal, as portrayed by hollywood. (i' ll describe the real - life
a
story in a moment .) according to the movie notes, when rampart division gets mired in the corruption scandal, officer brown becomes an easy scapegoat for murdering his daughter' s rapist (maybe he did, maybe he didn' t), as corrupt cops try to shift the blame to innocent ones, or, in this case, a not - so - innocent one .
rather than go into detail about users & apos; varied inquiries — as is typically standard with the ama (
ask me anything
) format open to anyone visiting the site — harrelson chose to supply non - detailed answers that almost always referred back to his new film .
after a february opening, the reviews are mixed. some people hate the movie, saying it makes no sense, has no point, and has nothing to do with the rampart scandal. others say it is a spectacular movie with some of the best acting they' ve ever seen .
dave’s graver troubles ignite after he’s caught on video beating a suspect nearly to death. the episode turns up the heat in an already simmering city. protesters start massing outside dave’s station, rampart, and politicians and the district attorney’s office (whose numbers include an excellent sigourney weaver) start circling .
as part of the press junket for the upcoming rampart, harrelson participated in one of the social news site’s popular “ask me anything” (ama) threads. almost immediately, one user asked the former cheers star about a time he supposedly crashed a high school prom and slept with a female student :
who would have known that woody harrelson is going to become a dependable actor? i mean, look back 15 years ago, who would have thought he would make these really interesting indie dramas. he' s like the nick nolte of his generation or something. rampart is tailor made for his talents. his way of talking, his sexy gestures and his careless charm. this is a police drama but it' s a character driven film. the character being that of a cop whose moral compass is just too unpredictable. woody embodies the lack of direction of his character and he is mesmerizing .
he reminds me of one of the most evil characters in american fiction, judge holden in cormac mccarthy' s blood meridian, a man who likes to torture and kill for no other reason than simply to cause pain. the harrelson of
rampart
could play judge holden, and not many actors could .
he shows up at depositions red - faced and sweating from the previous night' s debauchery. his ex - wives and daughters grow immune to his charms. in the movie' s red - lit, chaotic centerpiece, a long night of sex and drugs ends with a disgustingly gluttonous food binge — significant because there' s constant comment early in the film that brown never seems to eat. this is a man breaking down in spectacular fashion, and moverman' s hallucinatory use of color, paired with disorienting cuts in the sound and images, makes the film seem to be stylistically disintegrating along with him .
after a splashy preview last june, the los angeles police department' s fleet of polaroid cameras has become a victim of its own success. the state - of - the - art cameras, originally bought to assist in domestic abuse cases, are so popular the lapd has run out of the costly color film .
okay, so the movie has a great group of actors whose performances keep you riveted to your seat. but does the movie have any resemblance to what actually happened in the rampart division in the 1990s? does it matter - - since it conveys the flavor, attitudes and violence of what happened if not the actual facts ?
in fact, the city attorney' s office is asking police to shoot more photos from crime scenes, contributing to the demand for film. besides a bruised cheek or choke marks on a victim' s neck, prosecutors also want pictures of the hole punched through the wall, the shattered lamp or the ransacked bedroom .
with 375, 000 units sold, but in terms of revenue, it was in second place with $ 7. 50 million. its opening week blu - ray share was 51% , which even just last year would have been momentous, but now is standard for a first - run release for any action or adventure film .
this intimate festival is a part of the loyola university new orleans' feminist festival, as a celebration of women filmmakers and artists. the feminist festival is co - hosted by the loyola new orleans women' s resource center and the loyola film society in honor of women' s history month and international women' s day 2018 .
join wift la and member charlotte livingston piotrowski, nola hff pr director for a weekend of fun and movies about things that go bump in the night. on september 24th, wift la president and board will present the wift la alice award to the best film directed by a female director. looking forward to see you all there .
was close behind with $ 12, 880. it' s not too common for wide releases to earn more than $ 10, 000 on the per theater chart at this time of year, so to have two of them do so on the same weekend is doubly impressive. the final film in the $ 10, 000 club was
mary lou belli: currently a writer on ncis, two time emmy award - winning mary lou belli has been directing television for over 20 years including ncis new orleans, station 19, pitch, monk, famous in love, devious maids, the quad, american woman, and hart of dixie as well as wizards of waverly place, sister, sister, girlfriends, and the game. her short film, straight eye for the gay guy won “best mini - short” at the california independent film fest where she also premiered i heard something, a thriller that went on to play fests internationally. she has done ground - breaking work on web - series. her most recent the drink lonely wives book club is currently on the fest circuit. mary lou is the co - chair of the women’s steering committee at the dga where she also serves on the western director’s council, and the leadership council pac. she is an honorary board member of the alliance of women directors and a long time member of women in film .
with examples from various well - known screenplays and film clips the lecture explores the various forms of the visual mindscape such as; withholding, discovery, the law of contradiction, location as allegory, visual metaphor, the absolute present tense, narrative pacing, atmosphere, triggers and anchors, visual expressions for time, tense and flow of location .
rampart could actually be described this way. the movie' s scenes often feel like separate vignettes, overlapping with sound and texture. once they' re all crammed together they display a rude, naked and uncompromising portrait of a very difficult man. rampart is opening in limited release after a failed oscar run and though it' s basically a character study - - fans of challenging performance and ensemble acting will like it most - - it' s the kind of movie they probably should' ve sold like a pure cop thriller just to get asses in seats. it' s not that it' s without shootouts, it' s just that woody harrelson is the gunpowder. b / b +
harrelson plays dave brown, a uniformed policeman of 24 years' standing, himself the son of a cop, and he' s an emblematic figure in this culture of corruption, though precisely what he represents remains undefined. he' s at the centre of every scene in the film, and we meet him driving his patrol car through rampart, physically trim, his head shaven, his uniform neatly pressed, a cigarette permanently dangling from his lip. he' s apparently woody the barman working for the lapd, with the familiar high cheekbones, the roman nose, the mr punch - like jaw, the half - smile that might be vacant, searching, mocking or hinting at violence .
oren moverman is obviously someone to watch. i' ve now bought both of his feature length movies and been impressed by both .
rampart
, his second film to feature both woody harrelson and ben foster is a controversial look at a lapd police officer whose about as dirty and corrupt as they come. woody harrelson in the last few years has gone through a bit of a renaissance with some impressive turns in everything from bit parts to headline star. little roles in the likes of
no country for old men
have elevated his persona as a guy you can rely on. moverman has obviously got a lot of faith in what harrelson brings to his roles and with a script here…
the ending: immigration issues resolved, young lovers anna (felicity jones) and jacob (anton yelchin) finally reunite. it' s not exactly magical. they take a tentative shower together at jacob' s l. a. loft while the film flashes back to more innocent times. the final shot of jacob indicates resignation but no resolution .
an ever - evolving process is the way that harrelson describes the majority of his “rampart” experience. the script was originally written by the self - proclaimed mad dog of american crime fiction james ellroy, but “substantially rewritten by oren. ” and that loose sense of play continued throughout the shoot. “that’s just the nature of how we work together – there’s a lot of play, a lot of spontaneity, a lot of improvisation, inside the structure. ” one of the more fascinating aspects of “rampart” is that it suggests a much larger universe, with whole plot threads that could be spun off from the central narrative, but is mercifully free of such clutter. harrelson told us that originally there was much more .
rampart doesn’t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion. moverman and his co - writer, author james ellroy, set up an interesting scenario in which any number of things can happen, but it never really develops beyond everything going wrong in david’s life .
first choice or later decision :
we had an extra scene that was on top of that, kind of a double beat with anna and jacob in the loft space on opposite ends of the frame ,
says writer - director drake doremus .
but the shower scene ended up being so strong that we just ended the film right there .
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a quickmeme [ 2 ] page for
scumbag woody harrelson
was created shortly after the ama thread was submitted. many of the image macros parodied harrelson' s attempts to focus his answers on his new movie rampart and the allegations that he took a young girl' s virginity after crashing a prom several years before. the page accumulated over 50 submissions in 3 days .
i like the angle that this film takes in its approach to the crooked cop story, that of humanism and emotion. woody’s character, david, is portrayed as a violent, self - absorbed, deeply flawed man, though in his interactions with the women he loves and his daughters, we also see him as a tragic, lonely figure. he is on the outside looking in, as the world slowly yet steadily passes him by. he is helpless to change, cursed by mistakes both past and present, and is doomed by his own hatred and resentment. it’s a sad portrait of a broken man. and while i appreciate this multidimensional picture, for some reason it all just didn’t add up for me. the film plays…
in 1999, in los angeles, the brutal, racist and womanizer police officer david
dave
douglas brown works at the rampart division. he lives with his dysfunctional family composed by the ex - wives catherine and barbara and his two daughters margaret and helen in the same house. dave frequently goes to single bars to have one night stand with lonely women. he was accused in the past of executing a rapist but was considered not - guilty. when his police car is crashed by a mexican driver, the man runs and dave brutally beats him but is filmed on video. now the rampart division is being prosecuted while the internal affairs is investigating dave. he spends his savings with the lawyers and needs to raise money. what will dave do?
rampart is a 2011 american drama film . directed by oren moverman and co-written by moverman and james ellroy , the film stars woody harrelson , ice cube , ned beatty , anne heche , steve buscemi , and sigourney weaver . it is set in the midst of the fallout from the rampart scandal of the late 1990s , when corrupt los angeles police department officer dave brown ( harrelson ) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career . the film premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 10 , 2011 . and was released in theaters in the u.s. on february 10 , 2012 . 
rampart is a 2011 american drama film. directed by oren moverman and co-written by moverman and james ellroy, the film stars woody harrelson, ice cube, ned beatty, anne heche, steve buscemi, and sigourney weaver. it is set in the midst of the fallout from the rampart scandal of the late 1990s, when corrupt los angeles police department officer dave brown (harrelson) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career. the film premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 10, 2011. and was released in theaters in the u.s. on february 10, 2012.
rampart is a 2011 american drama film. directed by oren moverman and co-written by moverman and james ellroy, the film stars woody harrelson, ice cube, ned beatty, anne heche, steve buscemi, and sigourney weaver. it is set in the midst of the fallout from the rampart scandal of the late 1990s, when corrupt los angeles police department officer dave brown (harrelson) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career. the film premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 10, 2011. and was released in theaters in the u.s. on february 10, 2012.