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For his debut feature in 2009, he made the indie Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, shooting MGM song - and - dance numbers as monochrome Boston verité, coming up with a loose, stylish lark that gave no hint of the spring - loaded psychodrama he'd go on to assemble.
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Movies on the radio: Phillips and film historian Desiree Garcia, who played Madeline in Damien Chazelle's «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» join «Filmspotting» host Adam Kempenaar for a «La La Land» show including their favorite musical numbers in movie history.
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An amazing and outstanding sophomore effort (unfortunately have not seen his debut «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench») that channels a young Bennett Miller.
At the start of the year, the 29 - year - old was basically unknown: his first feature, musical «Guy And Madeline on a Park Bench,» had been well - liked but little - seen, and prior writing credits on 2013's contradictorily - titled «The Last Exorcism Part II» and Elijah Wood - starring B - movie «Grand Piano» didn't exactly suggest our next great auteur.
I went back and watched Chazelle's first feature, «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» and while it, too, bills itself as an old - school musical, it's more a mumblecore movie with two or three numbers in it.
Chazelle's passion for the movie musical was evident in Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench his no - budget, 16 mm, black - and - white, Harvard - film - student ode to the French New Wave and its love for postwar song»n' dance flicks.
The sophomore film from Damien Chazelle, whose forthcoming ode to the Hollywood studio musical La La Land is already the early - buzz frontrunner for 2017's Oscar race, Whiplash comes after 2009's jazz - infused micro budget musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, and doubles as a courageous confessional, of sorts.
Directors Michael Binder — «Black or White,» «Reign over Me» Bong Joon - ho — «Snowpiercer,» «Mother» Niki Caro — «North Country,» «Whale Rider» Damien Chazelle * — «Whiplash,» «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench» Simon Curtis — «Woman in Gold,» «My Week with Marilyn» François Girard — «Silk,» «The Red Violin» F. Gary Gray — «The Italian Job,» «Friday» James Gunn — «Guardians of the Galaxy,» «Super» Im Kwon - taek — «Chi - Hwa - Seon (Painted Fire),» «Chunhyang» Stan Lathan — «Beat Street,» «Amazing Grace» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Justin Lin — «Fast & Furious 6,» «Better Luck Tomorrow» François Ozon — «Young & Beautiful,» «Swimming Pool» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Kelly Reichardt — «Meek's Cutoff,» «Wendy and Lucy» Ira Sachs — «Love Is Strange,» «Keep the Lights On» Lynn Shelton — «Laggies,» «Your Sister's Sister» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Fernando Trueba — «Chico & Rita,» «Belle Epoque» Morten Tyldum — «The Imitation Game,» «Headhunters» Zaza Urushadze — «Tangerines,» «The Guardian» Wayne Wang — «Anywhere but Here,» «The Joy Luck Club» Edgar Wright — «The World's End,» «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World» Joe Wright — «Anna Karenina,» «Atonement» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena»
Writers Armando Bo — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Damien Chazelle * — «Whiplash,» «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench» Álex de la Iglesia — «El Crimen Perfecto,» «The Day of the Beast» Rick Famuyiwa — «Dope,» «The Wood» Maya Forbes — «Infinitely Polar Bear,» «Monsters vs Aliens» E. Max Frye — «Foxcatcher,» «Something Wild» Nicolás Giacobone — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Dan Gilroy — «Nightcrawler,» «The Bourne Legacy» Jorge Guerricaechevarría — «Cell 211,» «The Day of the Beast» Rita Hsiao — «Toy Story 2,» «Mulan» Simon Kinberg — «X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Sherlock Holmes» Malcolm D. Lee * — «The Best Man Holiday,» «The Best Man» Christopher Markus — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Stephen McFeely — «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The First Avenger» Graham Moore — «The Imitation Game» Paweł Pawlikowski * — «Ida,» «My Summer of Love» Abderrahmane Sissako * — «Timbuktu,» «Bamako» Damián Szifron * — «Wild Tales,» «On Probation» Kessen Tall — «Timbuktu» Tyger Williams — «The Perfect Guy,» «Menace II Society» Andrey Zvyagintsev * — «Leviathan,» «Elena»
La La Land, which stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as wannabe stars in a Hollywood - set musical, is Chazelle's third film as a director, after 2009's Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench and 2014's Whiplash; the latter won two major awards at the Sundance film festival and three Oscars, including best supporting actor for JK Simmons.
He only has one produced feature film credit to his name, called Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, which is a small movie musical he adapted from his own thesis project and with which he scored a place at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Damien Chazelle may have scripted one of the more inadvertently humorous titles in recent memory («The Last Exorcism II»), but his heart is clearly in musicals, not comedy: «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» the fractured romance he wrote and directed in 2009, featured jazz trumpeter Jason Palmer, a buoyant score by Justin Hurwitz and cast members breaking into down - market dance numbers in the middle of a restaurant kitchen.
GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH is written and directed by Damien Chazelle, stars Jason Palmer, Desiree Garcia, and Sandha Khin, features music by Justin Hurwitz and choreography by Kelly Kaleta, and was produced by Jasmine McGlade, Mihai Dinulescu, and W.A.W. Parker.
Whiplash is both written and directed by American filmmaker Damien Chazelle, whose feature debut was Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench in 2009.
Whiplash, the overwhelmingly riveting second feature from young (born 1985) writer / director Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench) opens with a scene of an aspiring jazz drummer, Andrew — played with searing commitment by rising star Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)-- rehearsing in an empty studio space.
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Chazelle — whose only previous directorial effort, a gritty, micro-budgeted black - and - white musical called «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,» had been largely unseen — had shot «Whiplash» in 19 stressful, sleep - deprived days.
Another a showstopper set at the Griffith observatory, brought to life from composer (and best friend to Chazelle since their time as band - mates at Harvard) Justin Hurwitz, with whom he worked on the film for over a half - decade (even before the breakthrough of Whiplash in the theaters), fleshing out a few concepts from an experimental musical film they had made together in 2009 called Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench.
(The two have made a musical before: Chazelle's black - and - white 16 mm debut, Guy And Madeline On A Park Bench, which La La Land echoes.)
Chazelle will have the microscope firmly trained on him for the first time in his career (even though Whiplash was his second feature after Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, he was still essentially unknown when he waltzed into Sundance in 2014), and hopefully he'll bring the goods to back it up.
The film, written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench) is being described as «Full Metal Jacket at Julliard.»
Writers Armando Bo — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Damien Chazelle * — «Whiplash,» «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench» Álex de la Iglesia — «El Crimen Perfecto,» «The Day of the Beast» Rick Famuyiwa — «Dope,» «The Wood» Maya Forbes — «Infinitely Polar Bear,» «Monsters vs Aliens» E. Max Frye — «Foxcatcher,» «Something Wild» Nicolás Giacobone — «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» «Biutiful» Dan Gilroy — «Nightcrawler,» «The Bourne Legacy» Jorge Guerricaechevarría — «Cell 211,» «The Day of the Beast» Rita Hsiao — «Toy Story 2,» «Mulan»
Not exact matches
Plus, eagle - eyed audiences will have fun spotting the little «Easter Egg» — a nod Chazelle's first film, GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH.
Fresh off of sold - out festival screenings at Tribeca, AFI, the Viennale, and Torino (where it won the Special Jury Prize), GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH was ranked # 3 on the indieWIRE annual critics» poll of best undistributed films and was named «The Best Undistributed Film of 2009» by writers from Film Comment, Variety, Time Out New York, and New York Daily NewON A PARK BENCH was ranked # 3 on the indieWIRE annual critics» poll of best undistributed films and was named «The Best Undistributed Film of 2009» by writers from Film Comment, Variety, Time Out New York, and New York Daily Newon the indieWIRE annual critics» poll of best undistributed films and was named «The Best Undistributed Film of 2009» by writers from Film Comment, Variety, Time Out New York, and New York Daily News.