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Gerry
Why this pick
Its radically spare long takes, hushed soundscape, and drifting physicality create the same immersive, unsettling experience of watching someone become unreachable.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2005 1h 37m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A young musician named Blake sneaks out of a rehab clinic and walks home through a forest, also swimming through a lake then lighting a fire for the night. The next day, he gets home and changes his clothes. He walks around in the house with a shotgun pointing it at his sleeping roommates Scott, Luke, Asia, and Nicole. He is greeted by Yellow Pages representative Thadeus A Thomas who talks to him about placing an ad in the upcoming book. He receives a phone call from his record company telling him that he and his band have to do another tour and that it is important they make the booked dates, but Blake hangs up. He goes upstairs and falls asleep on the floor in one of the rooms. Asia awakes and finds him asleep as two boys arrive at the door. Scott and Luke answer the door and the two boys talk to them about their church down the street. Blake changes into different clothes and leaves the house for the shed outside as the Christian boys leave.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michael Pitt
Blake
Nicole Vicius
Nicole
Kim Gordon
Record Executive
Adam Friberg
Elder Friberg #1
Lukas Haas
Luke
Asia Argento
Asia
Ricky Jay
Detective
Harmony Korine
Grateful Dead Guy