demolition ( 2015 film )
jake gyllenhaal in
demolition ,
selected as the opening - night film for the 2015 toronto international film festival .
quebec director jean - marc vallee' s film demolition, starring jake gyllenhaal will open tiff 2015. an outer space thriller starring matt damon and a gangster film topped by johnny depp are among the other buzz worthy films heading to the toronto international film festival this september .
jake gyllenhaal attends an official academy screening of southpaw on july 21, 2015 in new york city. gyllenhaal stars in the jean - marc vallée' s demolition which will open the 2015 toronto international film festival. (robin marchant / getty / academy of motion picture arts and sciences )
opening september 26 2015 through 28 february 2016 at the vitra design museum, weil am rhein .
reviewed at toronto film festival (opener), sept. 10, 2015. mpaa rating: r. running time: 101 min .
vancouver was host to an extraordinary amount of filming activity in 2015: 353 productions filmed in vancouver for a total of 1, 518 film days in 2015—up from 235 productions in 2014. this earned vancouver $ 710, 000 in revenue for film and street - use permits alone .
still from the film
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. a experimental film on the deconstruction of los angeles 6th street viaduct demolition featured on the creators project .
christopher schobert guest - edited spree’s april 2015 film issue. he is a film critic for the buffalo news and frequent contributor to a number of online outlets. he blogs at urltoken .
we continue to establish our city as a premier destination for film and tv production with 2015 proving to be a record setting year. film activity increased by over 40% in comparison to 2014 .
a full list of film premieres announced on thursday is available on the toronto film festival website .
gyllenhaal stars in demolition, vallée' s first movie since the oscar - nominated wild. the film will open the festival .
starring jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts, chris cooper, judah lewis and heather lind. directed by jean - marc vallée. opening night gala film at tiff 2015. 100 minutes. stc
look out for jake gyllenhaal filming ‘demolition’ in new york city this ...
jake gyllenhaal stars in demolition as a man who has just lost his wife .
10 june 2015 our film fortress of solitude will be screened at the barbican on 25 june as part of the architecture foundation’s architecture on film series. the screening will be followed by a conversation between simone niquille, joseph grima and bruce sterling .
r for language, some sexual references, drug use and disturbing behavior. (rating bulletin 2376, 6 / 3 / 2015 )
our film 99 dom - ino will be the opening film at arquiteturas film festival in lisbon on 30 september 2015. the screening will be preceded by a presentation by nick dunn, professor of urban design at lancaster university, entitled lost futures: framing critical utopias between film and architecture. after the film, sofia mourato, founder and director of the festival, will be in conversation with martina muzi of space caviar .
los angeles — jean - marc vallée’s “demolition, ” from the oscar powerhouse fox searchlight pictures, edged toward the award season spotlight as the opening - night film at the toronto international film festival .
arquiteturas film festival, lisbon 19. 30 lost futures, presentation by nick dunn / 21. 30 99 dom - ino / q & a with martina muzi (space caviar) 30 september 2015 forum lisboa
architecture on film: the machine stops + fortress of solitude (u *) 6. 30pm / + screentalk with joseph grima, simone niquille (space caviar) and bruce sterling 23 june 2015 cinema 1
will be part of “making africa: a continent of contemporary design”, an exhibition at vitra design museum from 14 march to 13 september 2015. curated by
oscar winner chris cooper and two - time oscar nominee naomi watts will also star in demolition .
still from nike skate park documentary in williamsburg, brooklyn
last ride
before the demolition .
the donnie darko actor also plays real - life mountaineer scott fischer in everest - due out september 2015 - with josh brolin, jason clarke, and john hawkes .
domestic ticket sales for 2015 currently sit at $ 8. 5 billion, up 0. 7% from where 2013 was at this point in its record run .
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and jake gyllenhaal looked dreamy as ever in his tartan blazer while filming demolition at jfk airport on wednesday .
demolition is what this movie does to a movie fan' s hopes for two hours of quality entertainment .
fox searchlight has opted to keep jake gyllenhaal - naomi watts drama “ demolition ” out of this year’s awards season, dating the film for an april 8, 2016, release .
it continues to be a substantial contributor to our economy. payroll data based on city postal codes show that over $ 143 million was paid in wages to vancouver residents in 2015 .
jake - born jacob - sported a bit of stubble for the 2015 drama, which is being helmed by director jean - marc vallée (wild, dallas buyer' s club) .
the film is listed as being a north american premiere, which suggests it will have its world premiere at the venice film festival at the beginning of september .
if you' ve seen the film, please rate it at this poll .
caa is representing u. s. rights to the film. mr. mudd was the original producer on demolition, with caa helping to bring aboard black label media and sidney kimmel to finance .
we are also collaborating with the film industry to support location sustainability as well as building vancouver' s brand as a
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thank god for jake gyllenhaal. absent his performance, demolition would have been a more unbearable slog than it is .
i also like how demolition doesn’t explain anything clearly, but everything that happens needs an interpretation of davis’ emotional state .
“postmodern” is often defined as breaking down what came before. demolition literally hammers into that wild head and heart space .
another masterpiece by gyllenhaal... he always exceeds my expectations with every new film
earlier today, jake gyllenhaal was spotted filming his next movie, demolition, at 250 greenwich st in new york city .
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the way this film gets into gyllenhaal' s character and in his head is spectacular .
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office punditry when the time comes actually to review the film. so yeah, sony ,
“while the box office is notoriously difficult to predict, we believe a common - sense base case forecast should assume a flat to modestly down ’16 box following a record slate in 2015, ” the report’s authors write .
jake gyllenhaal is in talks to star in “the dallas buyers club” helmer jean - marc vallee ’s next pic, “ demolition. ”
‘the unlikely script is hampered with failed attempts at magical realism and leaden metaphors’... jake gyllenhaal in demolition. photograph: pr
johnny depp film black mass, jason bateman' s second directorial effort the family fang, western forsaken - starring donald and kiefer sutherland - and afghan war film hyena road will also premiere .
no, it’s not. ‘demolition’ wraps november 5th. but jake will have some time off from shooting to promote his upcoming movie ‘nightcrawler’ .
demolition is the latest work helmed by acclaimed dallas buyers club director jean - marc vallee and also stars academy award winning actor chris cooper .
. and now demolition. jake gyllenhaal certainly springs for a single - word title promising danger, melodrama, and dirt under his fingernails .
“everything has become a metaphor, ” a character observes and demolition illustrates to excess, as davis becomes a one - man wrecking crew .
love is a many splintered thing in demolition, as jake gyllenhaal’s emotional wreck of a romeo swings a sledgehammer rather than a bouquet of roses .
two - time oscar nominee naomi watts is in negotiations to star opposite jake gyllenhaal in “demolition, ” which is slated to be the next film from “dallas buyers club” director jean - marc vallee, an individual familiar with the project has told thewrap .
and naomi watts will surely be left feeling a little flattened by demolition, a frustratingly aimless soul - search that veers uncomfortably between quirk and melancholy .
was the only film in the $ 10, 000 club with an opening of $ 13, 244 over the weekend in one theater. from wednesday through sunday, the film pulled in $ 18, 468 .
we' re going to make a lot of noise tonight ,
vallee said as he took the stage before the film' s world premiere at the opening night of the toronto international film festival on thursday .
it' s probably the most rock' n' roll film i' ve made .
is a rare 007 film that charts no new ground but instead just swipes from its own storied legacy .
fox searchlight has decided to open
demolition ,
starring jake gyllenhaal, in april, well outside the cutthroat and crowded fall. (amf photography )
the toronto international film festival is a longtime launchpad for awards campaigns, but its choices for opening - night films are sometimes above the fray, like thursday night’s “demolition, ’’ starring jake gyllenhaal as a man who is unable to grieve after his wife’s sudden death .
demolition is a movie starring jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts, and chris cooper. a successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. with the help of a customer service rep and her young son, he starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew .
fox searchlight is closing in on a deal to buy u. s. rights to demolition, reuniting the specialty division with wild director jean - marc vallee .
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working with you on all stages of the project, from the initial ideas right through to the finished film .
exclusive: chris cooper has just been set to star alongside jake gyllenhaal and naomi watts in demolition, the next film by dallas buyers club helmer jean - marc vallee, whose new film wild with reese witherspoon debuted at toronto. deadline revealed back in june that gyllenhaal would star in and vallee would helm demolition, based on the black list script by bryan sipe about a young investment banker struggling to understand his emotional unraveling after the tragic death of his wife, when, suddenly a woman he meets in a chance encounter changes his life forever .
and we' re off! the toronto international film festival began in earnest on thursday, and entertainment editors erin whitney and matthew jacobs have already taken in several movies. the crowded premiere of opening - night gala selection
demolition
was our first canadian screening, capping off a handful of titles we caught before even touching down at tiff. we' ll be bringing you lengthier takes on the festival' s happenings in the days to come, but here are quick reactions to the first few films that comprised our 2015 toronto experience .
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quebec director' s jean - marc vallée' s collaboration with jake gyllenhaal, an outer space thriller starring matt damon and a gangster film topped by johnny depp are among the films heading to the toronto international film festival this september .
it' s not cliché or forcibly heartfelt, it' s a simple film, but complex at the same time .
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demolition is all about feeling: something, anything, even if you have to bust through walls to find it. heart’s “crazy on you” makes for a fitting soundtrack addition .
fox searchlight has last fall’s toronto international film festival opener, demolition, about a husband who truly unwinds following his wife’s death. the drama starring jake gyllenhaal is looking to pull in $ 2m - $ 3m at 854 locations. critics are also divided on the title with a 53% rotten score .
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vallee directed “dallas buyers club” and “wild. ” fox searchlight bought the u. s. rights to “ demolition ” while it was still in production in new york last october .
the director, who brings his third film in three years to tiff, on going back to basics and avoiding fake beards .
some russians have been watching pirated versions of the film online in order to see it in its original. the film’s producers say they will not take action against anyone who watches it illegally, but suggested viewers should make a charitable donation after doing so .
we see firsthand the enormous positive impact of film and tv productions on our city every day, ” said mayor gregor robertson. “as one of vancouver’s high - growth industries, film is a big contributor to our nation - leading economic growth. vancouver is home to world - leading talent in the film industry and the city is committed to supporting all levels and aspects of production. ”
demolition, scripted by bryan sipe, can only appeal to those so besotted with jake gyllenhaal they hardly mind what he does, possibly a substantial constituency, admittedly. he plays a bored investment banker, davis, who, in the film’s opening scene, survives a car crash that kills his wife but leaves him physically unscathed .
stuffed with so many strenuous editing ideas you suspect the influence of something illegal, demolition is mainly casting about for a point, when it doesn’t feel like a wrecking ball aimed squarely at itself .
i * know * that art gets worse than demolition, but as i sat on my flight today and tried to make sense of what i just watched, i couldn' t imagine how .
yeh their relationship was a highlight of the film for me. i also liked the way they incorporated flashbacks and visions of his wife .
fortress of solitude: the militarization of the home will be part of the exhibition art eco at museum cultuur strombeek gent, opening 27. 02. 2015. the exhibition will be on show until 26. 03. 2015. the exhibition will presents a reflection on architecture and how architects relate to ecology, but also a broader reflection on alternative social organisation, and borders, and includes works by bernd & hilla becher, luk berghe, michiel de cleene, luc deleu, jimmie durham, space caviar, yona friedman, tadashi kawamata, lucien kroll, sol lewitt, oma, dennis oppenheim, rotor, lois weinberger, lawrence weiner, fischli & weiss .
working from a screenplay by bryan sipe, vallée (wild, dallas buyers club) intentionally leaves character motivations vague so as to emphasise the strangeness of davis’s actions and, later, karen’s inexplicit fascination with him. just as demolition isn’t exactly a love story — the main characters never even kiss — the film eschews easy categorisation, content to follow davis along as he sets aside his wall street lifestyle and instead becomes obsessed with taking things apart like grandfather clocks and bathroom stalls, eventually working his way up to volunteering for house demolition crews .
oscar - winning actors eddie redmayne and julianne moore will launch their effort to become double oscar winners at this year' s toronto film festival .
moore also has a second film premiering at the festival - maggie' s plan - a romantic comedy also starring greta gerwig and ethan hawke .
we are very pleased to announce that our film 99 dom - ino will be screened at the schermo dell’arte film festival in florence on november 14 at le murate. the screening will be followed by a discussion with joseph grima, martina muzi and giacomo pirazzoli at 3: 45 pm .
is recognized as a romantic film, what i truly appreciate is the surprising focus on the father - son relationship that develops between davis and karen’s son chris rather than the apparent chemistry between davis and karen. thus, another iconic film genre, the coming of age story, is introduced .
theater owners and studios should brace for a box office slide next year, warns morgan stanley. in a note, the investment firm predicts that ticket sales in 2015 will hit record levels, eclipsing the previous high established in 2013 by 2% . thanks the success of blockbusters like “jurassic world” and “furious 7, ” revenue will likely [ … ]
but while “wild” built up its emotional currency to a satisfying — and relatively small — conclusion, “demolition” spends its goodwill early on, eventually giving itself over to cheap - feeling twists and a problematic final act .
tom hardy film legend, in which he plays the notorious kray twins, will also receive its international premiere following its uk premiere on 9 september .
“as one of vancouver’s high - growth industries, film is a big contributor to our nation - leading economic growth ,
said mayor gregor robertson .
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fomo will be presented at “what is luxury? ”, an exhibition by the v & a and the crafts council. the project is part of the section “a future for luxury”, in which “speculations address the fundamental relationship between luxury and value. ” the exhibition will be open to the public at the v & a from 25 april to 27 september 2015 .
after a series of punishing lead roles where he embodied the personae of a masochistic boxer (southpaw), a travis bickle - style newshound (nightcrawler) and a pair of tormented dopplegangers (enemy), jake gyllenhaal changes gears for demolition – a film that once again puts his character through the wringer, though in ways that are offbeat, exuberant and occasionally quite hilarious .
i went to a press screening for this film a couple of weeks ago and somebody in the audience mentioned that before it played at the toronto international film festival everybody loved it, but once it had its first public screening it was like every critic all of a sudden changed their mind and started hating it .
“the ideas at the heart of it are relevant everywhere, ” zvyagintsev told the guardian. “but of course it’s a film about russia. it’s a very russian film … we live in a feudal system when everything is in the hands of one person, and everyone else is in a vertical of subordination. ”
also up is demolition the black comedy / love story from dallas buyers club and wild filmmaker jean - marc vallee and starring jake gyllenhaal. this r - rated film is debuting from fox searchlight in a moderate run this weekend in about 800 theater (or more) and may end up pulling up $ 2. 5m to $ 3m +. previews will start at 7 pm .
director jean - marc vallee is literally in familiar territory with his “ demolition, ” as the french - canadian filmmaker again returns to the toronto international film festival, home to last year’s reese witherspoon - starring “wild, ” to debut his latest cinematic excursion into the unique emotional excess that so often defines stories about grief. starring jake gyllenhaal as the shell - shocked davis mitchell, “demolition” employs many of the same techniques that made “wild” so striking (and so special), particularly vallee’s own snappy and smart editing, along with an ability to extract impressive and not at all showy performances from his actors .
gyllenhaal is currently training for the boxing pic “southpaw, ” which goes into production next month and is still weighing his options on this film but if he decides to do the film, it would mark another strong dramatic turn for the actor who has been very decisive on his choices over the last couple of years .
this film also had a lot of five o' clock shadow gyllenhaal in suits and raybans. as a lady, i was quite pleased. solid b .
i' m thrilled and excited to be back in business with fox searchlight ,
vallee told the hollywood reporter .
they have been wonderful, creative partners on wild. i look forward to collaborating again on demolition .
a successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. with the help of a customer service rep and her young son, he starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew .
sources say that fox will also distribute the film in the uk, australia, france and germany. sierra / affinity will be selling the balance of the territories .
ram house will be presented as part of atelier clerici, a collective exhibition platform taking place during the salone del mobile 2015 at palazzo clerici. the house, a collaboration between space caviar and prokoss, questions the default settings on our relationship with technology and allows the house to adopt different permeabilities to electromagnetic radiation, thus controlling the entry and exit of wifi, cellular signals, and other radio waves .
gyllenhaal has changed his appearance dramatically in such recent films as nightcrawler and southpaw. did you sit down with him at the beginning to discuss his look in this film ?
i’m hoping to do a film about janis joplin with amy adams. it’s not done yet. there are some legal issues, but that’s the project that’s in my heart. i’d like to do a rock ’n’ roll film with lots of music. i like to use music to frame stories. so i hope it’s going to work .
. i was pleasantly surprised to find that i shared the same realization with film critic roger ebert who described the overplayed genre as “yuppie - finding - his - soul” .
obviously, “demolition” is a movie about how we deal with grief and, yes, davis will eventually find himself on a better path. thanks to gyllenhaal”s incredible efforts, though, it”s a more emotional and relatable journey than you might expect .
directors of the festival, which runs sept. 10 - 20, announced on tuesday the inclusion of “demolition” as a world premiere, one of 49 galas and special presentations on a slate that will eventually include several hundred films and television shows .
yeah, that’s why this year, i’m so happy i’m not shooting this fall. otherwise, i would explode. i got out of my comfort zone doing this. normally, i direct every three years or so. i was supposed to shoot demolition after dallas, and then wild appeared between the two, and so i did it and then demolition. so i’m glad i’m resting. i’m not doing another film this year. but it happened, and that was ok, too. you find a new strength and find some adrenaline going from one project to another and just do it. being active, being creative on the spot is what’s challenging .
also, watts felt really underused in this film. she is a big time actress. oscar nominated, but her character didn' t do a whole lot for me .
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so this is a film about dealing with shock and grief by acting out, in a way that never really makes any sense or builds into a narrative worth following. it’s not just kooky, it’s exasperating. given the brilliance gyllenhaal has demonstrated in films like end of watch and night crawler, demolition demolishes expectations. no oscar certs yet then, this festival season. but toronto often starts with a dip before hitting the heights .
i also just finished watching it and agree with what you' re saying. i must say that i really enjoyed watching davis' progression through the film and liked it overall .
you don’t have to be a four - decade attendee to see that the toronto international film festival has evolved dramatically. it’s changed since last year, for example, in ways both interesting and odd. the 2014 festival was, memorably, the installment that saw tiff brass allow only films making their world or north american premieres to screen during the first four days. this was a calculated response to the increased prominence of the earlier fall festivals in venice and telluride, both of which have stolen some of toronto’s oscar - tastemaker thunder in recent years. for attendees and media, this meant that tiff’s opening weekend did not feature some of the year’s biggest films. however, the approach was softened for 2015, likely a response to the bad press and film critic grumbling the move received .
for barry grant, who set up his video camera on the perfect hilltop in the hope of filming the demolition of glasgow' s red road flats — then ended up completely missing the key moment — the problem came in the form of a single wasp .
demolition
is the story about an offbeat expression of guilt through destruction. when the young wife of a successful money manager dies in a car crash, her husband (jake gyllenhaal) deals with his lack of grief by joining a demolition crew tearing down a house. pressured by his wealthy father - in - law (chris cooper) and suffocated by his minimalist lifestyle, he forms a friendship with a vending machine customer service rep (naomi watts) and her troubled fifteen year old son (judah lewis). through their mutual honesty with each other, he finds the deep love he felt for his wife and commemorates her death in a warm and compassionate manner .
demolition
is another great movie starring jake gyllenhaal. a well deserved nine out of ten .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london... 21 years after the first film hit screens
despite gyllenhaal' s praiseworthy performance, this is an unremarkable film that will hardly be remembered in the future as one of vallée' s finest works. full review on filmotrope. com
the film is directed by jean - marc vallee from a screenplay by bryan sipe. producers are lianne halfon, russ smith, molly smith, trent luckinbill, sidney kimmel and vallee .
at a theater near you this thursday night. the film has been in release in the united kingdom since last monday night and had already earned $ 80 million in six territories as of sunday. the film cost $ 240 million to produce and comes as the franchise is at yet another crossroad. daniel craig can' t make up his mind about wanting to return, and
atelier clerici is jointly organised by space caviar and z33 and will be open from 14 to 19 april 2015, with installations and events by proofflab magazine, chp…? , bio ljubljana, opendesk, macguffin, maniera, design academy eindhoven, synopsis, vincent tarisien, jesse howard, leonardo amico, kirschner3d, coralie gourguechon, unfold, minale - maeda, vitra design museum, konstfack, pin - up magazine, dirty furniture, and domus academy .
it’s gyllenhaal’s charm that keeps “demolition” ticking along as well as it does for as long as it does, as he whole - heartedly embraces davis’ “thing” of being honest all the time (even davis has the good sense to sneer at the claim that truth - telling is his calling card), mostly by way of amusingly off - kilter voiceovers and plain - faced statements that, while always true, are also keenly observational and almost painfully on the mark. in “demolition, ” the whole adage is true, it’s funny because it’s true .
shot documentary - style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in la who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves .
leviathan may have been the first russian film to win a golden globe since war and peace in 1969, it may have been nominated for an oscar and received five - star reviews in many western publications, but back in the motherland all this counts for little. the director, andrei zvyagintsev, is being given the cold shoulder due to his film’s uncompromising take on contemporary russian society .
, but it is a foreign - language film, so that limits its chances. the rest of the films are not earning strong enough reviews to suggest they will do well in limited release .
in short: i love it. it' s smart. it' s trying something fresh. it feels very real. the performances are fantastic. it' s interesting. it is a must see. many think this is just average but i think they should pay more attention to detail. which... if you watched the film is pretty much what the film is about .
“go through hell and look cool doing it. ” that’s the vibe i got from the poster for
demolition ,
which uses a neatly quartered (with one segment slightly askew) portrait of its male lead, jake gyllenhaal, sporting expensive shades and wearing expensive headphones. is that an overly simplistic reading of the actual film? yes. but it’s also true that the movie, costarring naomi watts and directed by jean - marc vallée, doesn’t exactly shy away from those semiotics .
the film is constantly trying to take a path less travelled; unfortunately it' s not the right path. in the process of being different, the movie becomes incoherent and eventually ends up being commonplace .
so much of this film plays out like a terrence malick film. old malick. like a
days of heaven
prime malick. more narrative - driven malick. yet also very new - malick as well. the use of voiceover over the choppy, sporadic imagery. like a broken fairy tale or dream. a bunch of pieces falling downwards, hoping they can stay intact once they hit rock bottom .
one of my favourite of jake' s films... he' s mesmorising in this, and greatly portrays the emotions of his character, creating an upbeat sense to the sombre sense of the film
this is an intelligent film that expertly explores the human emotions and personal growth, and it funny at the same time. high praise to vallée for the directing and for gyllenhaal and watts for the acting .
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stx entertainment’s first - person shooter hardcore henry is looking at $ 2. 4m for today, coming in closer to the lower end of its projections with $ 7m. fox searchlight’s demolition isn’t set to wow with a $ 1m - $ 1. 5m opening for the weekend. more later .
vallee has previously described “demolition” as “a powerful and touching story, written with a strong and sincere desire to try to understand the human psyche, what makes us so unique, so special, what makes us love. this is a script of a rare quality, of a beautiful humanity. ”
in a sense, it’s a familiar story. and as a character study, “demolition” is flat. davis’ moves exist in service of the script’s blunt metaphors, which don’t offer a ton of payoff. but vallée keeps things moving by channeling a more grown - up “silver linings playbook. ” the movie also makes for a nice companion piece with gyllenhaal’s “nightcrawler” performance - - he was more manic there, but both roles are all id in reluctant search for a super - ego. if “demolition” didn’t batter you with what it all means, it could be a great movie. - - mj
that said, all of davis' changes of course do not sit well with his former father - in - law phil (chris cooper). davis' behavior reads, understandably, as insensitivity to the grieving man, and one of the film' s subtle pleasures is that you never know if you' re supposed to root for davis or be appalled by him. modern culture and oprah tell us to be our best selves, but what if our best self also happens to act like a real jerk? in an interview, vallee explained he saw the film as a human road - map of sorts .
davis made choices because it was easy, and what happens when you have a loss and you ask why you' ve been making that choice? then you have to do deconstruction and demolition to break that down ,
vallee said of the film, which will be released commercially in april .
“we’ve been coming to tiff for all forty years, ” says the husband of a truly lovely couple at the 2015 toronto international film festival. “it’s changed, for sure. remember? the uptown, the cumberland …” i nod and smile, not admitting that those venues were long gone by 2007, when i started attending the annual september extravaganza. the wife talks of having vouchers the first few years, with no movie titles on the tickets, and lining up for hours to gain entry. while there is clear nostalgia for the days when the likes of henry winkler were considered the festival’s top celebrity guests, they are not critical of the eleven - day, nearly 300 - feature tiff of today .
naomi watts have been set to star opposite jake gyllenhaal in demolition, the romantic drama to be directed by dallas buyers club helmer jean - marc vallee. black label media and sidney kimmel entertainment will finance and produce, and mr. mudd will produce after developing the project and bringing it to black label .
one interesting thing sipe said was that when he was 18 - 21 years old he worked for a demolition / construction team. he hated it, he said, and the best part of his day was standing in the shower at night watching all the dirt and soot from the day wash off him and turn the bottom of the shower black. he recalls feeling such a sense of apathy at this point in his life. thought that was really interesting as lot of that feeling / imagery made its way into the film .
modern film is well versed in the man - upended story. over the years on screen, a life - changing event has caused many to find redemption, and plenty of others to come unglued. but it' s rare - - even odds - defying - - to encounter someone who seems to be doing both at once. that' s the character conceit of
demolition ,
a new film that sees jake gyllenhaal in some of the same dark comic waters he swam last year as an off - kilter man in
nightcrawler ,
and also has director jean - marc vallee (
dallas buyers club ,
wild
) once again exploring the power and limits of personal transformation, though this time more wittily and outrageously .
it came to me 3 1 / 2 years ago from [ production company ] mr. mudd, and then we got black label media as a partner. when they saw my film cafe de flore at tiff [ in 2011 ], there was some sort of link between cafe de flore and demolition, and so they sent me the script and i said ,
wow, it is so rare to read a script with that kind of quality. when you turn the pages, you don’t know at all where it’s going, but you’re involved. you’re emotional .
so i said ,
whoa, i want to direct this .
it looks like it’s a meditation, a reflection on grief, but the film celebrates life, love .
his director, jean - marc vallée, has been an award - season fixture of late with wild and dallas buyers club, both of which sprung off the festival blocks with a great deal of acclaim for the acting. demolition flinched at the starter pistol last year, and all but sits down failing to budge .
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while the “demolition’’ script strains to achieve the zaniness of david o. russell’s “silver linings playbook, ’’ it comes a lot closer to mike binder’s 9 / 11 dramedies “the upside of anger’’ and “reign over me, ’’ which failed to deliver sought - after oscar nods for its respective stars, kevin costner and adam sandler .
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there is much to savor here, especially the unforced performance of judah lewis - - one more recruit to the terrific roster of younger actors who are streaming into the movies. yet the film lacks the courage of its affliction .
while zvyagintsev has a history of making films with almost biblical plots and a deep vein of personal spirituality, his treatment of the organised orthodox church is vicious, and the film has been given a very icy reception by its supporters .
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a husband grieves for his dead wife in unconventional — and unconvincing — ways in demolition, a self - consciously quirky comedy - drama that badly overestimates how captivating its damaged, searching characters are. jake gyllenhaal creates some empathy as a man in spiritual free fall, but director jean - marc vallée never grounds his protagonist’s peculiar mourning process in any sort of believable human behaviour, and so consequently the film grows more and more irksome, mistaking clanging emotional crescendos for some sort of grand truth about the need to go crazy every once in a while in order to stay sane .
while the plot sounds like a mawkish melodrama, aping the plots of films such as things we lost in the fire, demolition sets out to defy expectation at the outset. gyllenhaal’s lead is unable to grieve for his wife, struggling to emote and mourn her loss, even questioning his love for her entirely. it’s an angle which could have led to some interestingly dark territory but as edgy as bryan sipe’s script clearly wants to be, this is a boringly safe film, focused on pushing our confused character into the family unit he so clearly needs to be a part of .
cooper comes away with the most credit, perhaps because it’s hard not to empathise with his increasingly thunderous air of grievance: he wants davis to get his whole act together, just as we want the film to shape up and mean something .
the film had a nice balance of comedy and drama. i teared up a bit near the end, but my baby rode her first carousel literally a week ago, so it affected me. i also teared up when davis finally cried .
the film is obsessed almost exclusively with its retconned revelations and little else since. and yet since we are needlessly kept in the dark waiting patiently for revelations that end up having little impact, the end result is a shockingly dull 007 adventure .
in order to make sense of his life, a white - collar widower decides he has to tear it all down in “demolition, ” dismantling appliances, smashing furniture and even going so far as to bulldoze his own house in search of a catharsis that never comes. it all could have gone horribly awry, were it not for [ … ]
“demolition” stars jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts and chris cooper in a story about the disintegrating emotional life of an investment banker. fox searchlight released the winner of this year’s best picture oscar, “birdman, ” as well as “wild, ” which was directed by mr. vallée and received oscar nominations for two of its stars, reese witherspoon and laura dern .
the unlikely script is hampered with failed attempts at magical realism and leaden metaphors. gyllenhaal’s character becomes obsessed with deconstructing objects and demolishing buildings, leading to the film’s title. but, you guessed it, all this means something deeper about his life …
canadian director jean - marc vallée had seemed on a roll with his last two films, dallas buyers club and wild. last night, at the gala premiere opening this year’s 40th toronto international film festival, that roll ran off a cliff edge .
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having just had the most successful box office weekend of my career as well as that of 20th century fox, i would like to say' thank you' to the city who made this all happen - vancouver. when originally looking for a city to shoot this film, vancouver had the most attractive elements including an active and supportive film - friendly city staff, amazing locations, and well - experienced local crew .
jake gyllenhaal is in talks to star in “the dallas buyers club” helmer jean - marc vallee’s next pic, “demolition. ” the drama is a co - production between black label media and mr. mudd with john malkovich and lianne halfon producing for their mr. mudd banner and thad and trent luckinbill and molly smith producing for black label media. [ … ]
“demolition’’ isn’t scheduled to open in the us until april, which seems like a tacit admission by fox searchlight that this screwball comedy - drama is in some ways even more out - there and potentially alienating to audiences (but probably not to some critics) than “nightcrawler, ’’ the gyllenhaal vehicle whose oscar push netted a sole nomination for director dan gilroy’s screenplay .
jake and naomi responded to demolition just the way i did, so that was an easy choice. we didn’t want to do a romance. it’s not about romance, yet there’s a slight romance in the film. these two have some sort of attraction for each other, but there’s nothing sexual. i loved the difference of age between the two, and it shows, and that’s why we went there with naomi and jake. there’s a 10 - year difference. she meets him, and they’re curious about each other, but they know it’s probably an impossible relationship, but that’s the fun part also .
those adventures, ill - advised and seemingly engineered just to be strange, ultimately lead straight into a third act that relies on obvious twists and undercooked personality twitches to drive home the same point that has been repeated throughout the film’s runtime: you have to rip things down to start over again. when gyllenhaal (who again turns in another wonderful and nuanced performance, continuing the pattern he set with other tiff picks like “nightcrawler” and “enemy”) rips things down to the studs, there’s glory in the action, freshness and revitalization, but once vallee tasks him with building everything back up, “demolition” collapses under its own ambitious weight .
i went into watching this movie with no expectations, without even seeing the trailer and trust me that' s the best way of seeing this film. demolition shocks you in the beginning and then you can follow a numb recovery mixed with dark humour, where someone has to deal with losing a person closest to them. while trying to move forward the davis also has to look back into his life and relationship to make sense of it all. the acting is superb especially on the part of jake gyllenhaal and it engulfs you in a sea of varying emotions where sometimes you' re laughing and then you might be crying .
the r - rated low - budget film featured a very ethnically diverse cast and the turnout reflected that with two thirds of the crowd being non - white. other demos showed it to play 54% male and 51% under 25. reviews were mixed, but not too important to the box office performance on this one. the b - cinemascore grade was pretty good for a fright film. the four - part purge series has now grossed over $ 362m worldwide but cost less than $ 40m combined to produce.
demolition is a 2015 american drama film directed by jean-marc vallée and written by bryan sipe . the film stars jake gyllenhaal , naomi watts , chris cooper , and judah lewis . the film opened the 2015 toronto international film festival and was theatrically released on april 8 , 2016 , by fox searchlight pictures . 
demolition is a 2015 american drama film directed by jean-marc vallée and written by bryan sipe. the film stars jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts, chris cooper, and judah lewis. the film opened the 2015 toronto international film festival and was theatrically released on april 8, 2016, by fox searchlight pictures.
demolition is a 2015 american drama film directed by jean-marc vallée and written by bryan sipe. the film stars jake gyllenhaal, naomi watts, chris cooper, and judah lewis. the film opened the 2015 toronto international film festival and was theatrically released on april 8, 2016, by fox searchlight pictures.