event Fish Tank
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Fri Mar 12
7 pm
None Fish Tank at Block Cinema - Northwestern University
Arriving a little late to the kitchen-sink realist party, Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank is like a cross between the foul-mouthed humanity of Ken Loach’s underclass slices-of-life and the fussed-over rednecksploitation of Harmony Korine. The performances are all first-rate, though, starting with young Katie Jarvis, who plays a hard-drinking 15-year-old troublemaker who dreams of being a street-style dancer, but in the meantime crushes on her mother’s boyfriend, played by the excellent Michael Fassbender of Hunger and Inglourious Basterds fame. Jarvis’ relentless pursuit of her passions, however dangerous they might be, keeps the intensity high.
Block Cinema - Northwestern University 40 Arts Circle Drive, Chicago, IL
Arriving a little late to the kitchen-sink realist party, Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank is like a cross between the foul-mouthed humanity of Ken Loach’s underclass slices-of-life and the fussed-over rednecksploitation of Harmony Korine. The performances are all first-rate, though, starting with young Katie Jarvis, who plays a hard-drinking 15-year-old troublemaker who dreams of being a street-style dancer, but in the meantime crushes on her mother’s boyfriend, played by the excellent Michael Fassbender of Hunger and Inglourious Basterds fame. Jarvis’ relentless pursuit of her passions, however dangerous they might be, keeps the intensity high.
Updated 03/04/2010
