Comments on: Valentines and G Trains: Quiet City http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/29/valentines-and-g-trains-quiet-city/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kevinbuist http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/29/valentines-and-g-trains-quiet-city/#comment-607 kevinbuist Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:39:41 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/08/29/valentines-and-g-trains-quiet-city/#comment-607 nostalgia was the main thing i felt while watching Quiet City as well. while it's true that i lived in Brooklyn for a few months, i don't think i was really feeling nostalgic for that time. i felt more like i was nostalgic for that specific situation (even though nothing like that has happened to me) and for those people (even though i've never met them). when you think of "hyper-realistic" and "low-budget" your hopes for "movie magic" usually go out the window. Quiet City somehow held all three. nostalgia was the main thing i felt while watching Quiet City as well. while it’s true that i lived in Brooklyn for a few months, i don’t think i was really feeling nostalgic for that time. i felt more like i was nostalgic for that specific situation (even though nothing like that has happened to me) and for those people (even though i’ve never met them).

when you think of “hyper-realistic” and “low-budget” your hopes for “movie magic” usually go out the window. Quiet City somehow held all three.

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