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| E.D. Distribution | Release Date: October 26, 2018 |
Starring:
Anni Krueger, Brian Murray, Chris Conroy, Elisabeth Henry-Macari, George Young, Glynnis O'Connor, James Chen, James Marsters, Janet Hsieh, Jessica Pimentel, Nana Visitor, Philip Kerr, Trevor St. John, Tyne Daly, Zachary Sayle
Summary:
At The Bread Factory, they rehearse the Greek play, Hecuba. But the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers. There is a new normal in Checkford, if it is even really Checkford any longer.
Oct 25, 2018
The second half proves somewhat darker but also more brazenly inventive in its scene craft. If Part One centered on the role of the arts in the lives of these characters and their community, Part Two finds their lives becoming art. Suddenly, song-and-dance numbers break out in parking lots and coffee shops.
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Oct 25, 2018
RogerEbert.com
Oct 25, 2018
The most surprising and challenging thing about Part Two is how it takes one of the central ideas from Part One—art's ability help us understand and express ourselves in everyday life—and externalizes it, so that creativity that might otherwise have been confined to the stages of the arts centers erupts into the world outside.
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Oct 25, 2018
The focus on the workings of an American institution may remind some of the expansive comedies of Robert Altman or the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman. But also, the blurring of the line between performance and reality, the embrace of an intimate theatricality, recalls the work of Jacques Rivette. These are cinematic giants, and this director may be on his way to joining them.
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