Keep the lights on, ira sachss sensitive, knowing new film his fifth feature. Watch the movie trailer for keep the lights on 2012. Watch keep the lights on omu online vimeo on demand. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. Internet movie poster awards one of the largest collections of movie poster images online. Aug 25, 2017 keep the lights on one mark of a great film is a scene so raw and unexpected that it stays with you for years, and ira sachs films are filled with them. Nov 21, 2012 holy motors tops cahiers du cinemas top 10 of 2012. The relationship depicted in keep the lights on isnt one that most. Starring thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, paprika steen, souleymane. Sep 07, 2012 watch the movie trailer for keep the lights on 2012.
Substance abuse and emotional and physical distance threaten the relationship between a gay filmmaker thure lindhardt and his longtime. In manhattan, filmmaker erik bonds with closeted lawyer paul after a fling. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, keep the lights on takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times. Its 1997 and new york city is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker erik rothman first meets paul lucy, a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field.
Watch keep the lights on produced by music box films starring thure lindhardt, zachary booth, souleymane sy savane and paprika steen. Keep the lights on lasttimeisaw 5 august 2012 a kviff screening of this years teddy winner in berlin international film festival, from american director ira sachs. United states september 7, 2012 limited canada september 7, 2012. Keep the lights on one mark of a great film is a scene so raw and unexpected that it stays with you for years, and ira sachs films are filled with them. Keep the lights on trailer movie trailers and videos. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in new york city through love, friendship, and addiction. Keep the lights on, directed by ira sachs the new york times. Danish actor thure lindhardt is outstanding in this movie, glad to hear danish between he and his character sister in this movie. The movies elaborately failed closure only makes sense once you understand that the filmmakers alltoohuman desire for selfjustification apparently trumped the ruthless selfcontrol required to make a work. Maybe its a bit late, but someone had to make this dream of a movie, one. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in new york city.
Keep the lights on is such a quiet, raw, and intimate film that at times you worry that maybe you shouldnt be watching it. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself. Keep the lights on goes well beyond the boylikesboy storyline. The nuances of their relationship are clearly coming from an artist that understands his subject, no matter what parts are true or fabricated. Keep the lights on 2012 its 1998 and new york city is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker erik rothman thure lindhardt first meets paul lucy zachary booth, a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. It took me several days to pick myself up off my own puddle of tears after watching this film. Keep the lights on was released in 2012 on friday, september 7, 2012 in limited movie theaters. Tla video has the top gay cinema and gay porn titles on dvd, bluray and on demand. Everything you need to know about keep the lights on movie. I am so glad to get this movie keep the lights on 2012 ordered on november 5th and received it yesterday november 8th 2018 despite rotating canada post strikes. Trailer for keep the lights on its 1997 and new york city is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker erik rothman thure lindhardt first meets paul lucy zachary booth, a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. Apr 20, 2012 a film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, keep the lights on takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.
For all intents and purposes, thats exactly what keep the lights on is. A gay breakthrough, and a great movie the wrenching gay relationship drama keep the. But thats a year in which this movie, which was directed and cowritten by ira sachs, seems like it was made. Keep the lights on 2012 keep the lights on 2012 user. Keep the lights on is set in three different years. Keep the lights on is based on sachss relationship with bill clegg, a wellknown new york literary agent whose outrageous drug and sex addictions were parlayed into the 2010 memoir portrait of an addict as a young man. Keep the lights on 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rent keep the lights on 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd. Keep the lights on acknowledges without belaboring the performative nature of identity.
Rent keep the lights on 2012 on dvd and bluray netflix. It premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival, and was released on september 7, 2012 by music box films. Sep 07, 2012 the quietly gifted indie director ira sachs forty shades of blue has made an autobiographical movie so candid and searing it redefines him as an artist. Ira sachs keep the lights on follows a longterm relationship between two men who possibly shouldnt have started it. Aug 26, 2012 in keep the lights on those who know the back story will recognize the movie, set in manhattan, as a refraction of mr. Thure lindhardt and zachary booth in keep the lights on keep the lights on. The film, based on part of the director ira sachss life, immerses. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, erik struggles to.
The nuances of their relationship are clearly coming from an artist that understands his. It is a detailed dissection of the a tugofwar gay relationship between erik and paul, which soldiers on almost a decade in the presenttime 19972006. Keep the lights on is still wellmade with a terrific cast supporting one of the years best performances. Dan bradleys reboot originally featured the chinese as the villains, but hey, china is a lucrative film market while north korea barely can keep its lights on, hence the postproduction switch. Ira sachs directs keep the lights on the new york times. Roger ebert october 24, 2012 ira sachs keep the lights on follows a longterm relationship between two men who possibly shouldnt have started it. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon.
Keep the lights on the 2012 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including the words, the cold light of day and rec 3. In keep the lights on those who know the back story will recognize the movie, set in manhattan, as a refraction of mr. Holy motors tops cahiers du cinemas top 10 of 2012. With thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane. Sachss past relationship with bill clegg, the literary agent who.
Substance abuse and emotional and physical distance threaten the relationship between a gay filmmaker thure lindhardt and his longtime lover zachary booth. Directed by ira sachs and starring thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson and souleymane sy syvane. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for keep the lights on 2012. It may be a bit heavy for some on a friday, but the newest trailer for ira sachss movie, keep the lights on, is available. In 1997 new york, filmmaker erik and closeted lawyer paul meet through a casual encounter and soon find themselves embroiled in a decadelong relationship. Documentary filmmaker erik thure lindhardt and closeted lawyer paul zachary.
The film, though, is as surefooted as their partnership is not a nuanced portrait of emotional turmoil, persuasively acted, richly sensual one moment, wrenching the next, and unlike so many. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. It progresses as an alluring and intimate story of two charming men, erik and paul, meeting and tenderly falling for one another. Oct 24, 2012 ira sachs keep the lights on follows a longterm relationship between two men who possibly shouldnt have started it. Sep 06, 2012 thure lindhardt and zachary booth in keep the lights on keep the lights on. Rent keep the lights on 2012 starring thure lindhardt and zachary booth on dvd and bluray. Keep the lights on is a chronicle of life, love and art in new york city and beyond, inspired by the new film by awardwinning director ira sachs forty shades of blue, married life, the delta, last address, currently in production. His own forthcoming documentary about avery willard has the same title as the one lindhardts character is working on. Keep the lights on 2012 traileraddict movie trailers. The quietly gifted indie director ira sachs forty shades of blue has made an autobiographical movie so candid and searing it redefines him as. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in new york city through love. A gay breakthrough, and a great movie the wrenching gay relationship drama keep the lights on may also be the year. Jul 27, 2012 as the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions.
Everything you need to know about keep the lights on movie 2012. Keep the lights on 2012 substance abuse and emotional and physical distance threaten the relationship between a gay filmmaker thure lindhardt and his longtime lover zachary booth. By dropping in on this couple from time to time for the kinds of moments one of them might remember, the film is more honest than. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotional and sexually charged journey of love and addiction. Oct 11, 2012 keep the lights on is set in three different years. The movie clearly shows the problems of drug addiction, but, in its politically correct obsessions, fails to recognize the sad emptiness of the homosexual lifestyle. Jan 28, 2012 keep the lights on is hardly a melodramatic film, but instead a vibrant, frank, and moving portrayal about two men in love that donat know how to let each other go. Theyre not well suited to each other, and although their sex life is successful in the physical sense, it begins to stray in emotional meaning. The 20 best lgbtq movies of the 21st century indiewire. Danish actor thure lindhardt is outstanding in this movie, glad to hear danish. Watch keep the lights on 2012 full movie online m4ufree. Moodpiece specialist ira sachs has directed perhaps the most livedin film of 2012, says mike mccahill.
Keep the lights on is a 2012 american drama film written by ira sachs and mauricio zacharias and directed by sachs. Sachs doesnt bother to hide keep the lights ons basis in autobiography. Ira sachss keep the lights on focuses on dismal relationship between two men in new york. Keep the lights on is a small, explicit movie about a homosexual couple that has problems when one of the men becomes a drug addict. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing keep the lights on near you.
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