Comments on: SPRING BREAKDOWN Review, Sundance 2009 http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/29/spring-breakdown-review-sundance-2009/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: If There’s a Tiger…I Give « Millicent and Carla Fran http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/29/spring-breakdown-review-sundance-2009/#comment-128436 If There’s a Tiger…I Give « Millicent and Carla Fran Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:09:06 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=9727#comment-128436 [...] seen it yet, but my fingers are crossed that it’s the start of something good.   Karina Longworth gave this enticing review from Sundance: I suppose it’s possible to laugh at/with Spring [...] [...] seen it yet, but my fingers are crossed that it’s the start of something good.   Karina Longworth gave this enticing review from Sundance: I suppose it’s possible to laugh at/with Spring [...]

]]> By: Sundance Intentions - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/29/spring-breakdown-review-sundance-2009/#comment-120207 Sundance Intentions - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:09:24 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=9727#comment-120207 [...] Longsworth at Spoutblog says, why yes they do, on her way to raving about “Spring Breakdown:” Is “Spring Breakdown” a “good” film? It’s debatable, but in the end what’s [...] [...] Longsworth at Spoutblog says, why yes they do, on her way to raving about “Spring Breakdown:” Is “Spring Breakdown” a “good” film? It’s debatable, but in the end what’s [...]

]]> By: Molly Lambert http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/29/spring-breakdown-review-sundance-2009/#comment-120190 Molly Lambert Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:47:01 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=9727#comment-120190 This was a great review. I really like that they at least tried to engage these subjects. I think Rachel Dratch could have a great script in her somewhere. This was a great review. I really like that they at least tried to engage these subjects. I think Rachel Dratch could have a great script in her somewhere.

]]> By: davis http://blog.spout.com/2009/01/29/spring-breakdown-review-sundance-2009/#comment-120171 davis Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:16 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=9727#comment-120171 Interesting comparison. Stratman definitely captures something akin to a spring break for gun nuts, or flamethrower nuts, or bust-shit-up nuts. I also like the way both films are about a type of freedom that involves conformity: Spring Breakdown mocks the sevens who dress alike (Poehler is proud to make them "the eights"), the life-long attempt of the women to fit in, and the clothing and accessories that betray your tribe (e.g. a fanny pack at a wet t-shirt contest). And in O'er the Land, we see marching bands, cheerleaders, football teams, firemen suiting up, reenactors marching in formation, and a motorhome salesman describing the (few) options you have when purchasing a Winnebago and what each one says to the people you meet on the road. (By the way, I jotted down "civil war reenactments" in my notes after the Stratman screening, but in retrospect, the tricornes and bayonets and strict formations probably point to the revolutionary war, instead. I guess people reenact that, too.) Interesting comparison. Stratman definitely captures something akin to a spring break for gun nuts, or flamethrower nuts, or bust-shit-up nuts. I also like the way both films are about a type of freedom that involves conformity: Spring Breakdown mocks the sevens who dress alike (Poehler is proud to make them “the eights”), the life-long attempt of the women to fit in, and the clothing and accessories that betray your tribe (e.g. a fanny pack at a wet t-shirt contest). And in O’er the Land, we see marching bands, cheerleaders, football teams, firemen suiting up, reenactors marching in formation, and a motorhome salesman describing the (few) options you have when purchasing a Winnebago and what each one says to the people you meet on the road.

(By the way, I jotted down “civil war reenactments” in my notes after the Stratman screening, but in retrospect, the tricornes and bayonets and strict formations probably point to the revolutionary war, instead. I guess people reenact that, too.)

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