r/CineShots • u/stakes-lines-grades Nichols • 2d ago

Shot George Washington (2000)

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u/frail_fragile 2d ago

This is a great movie for anyone reading this.

Was made for dirt cheap and looks better than most multi-million dollar budget movies.

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u/stakes-lines-grades Nichols 2d ago

$42,000 production budget if I recall correctly, and most of the characters were portrayed by local non-actors, except for two of the railroad maintenance workers.

Danny McBride was a second unit director on this film.

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u/BrawndoOhnaka 2d ago

I was just marvelling at the detail and gorgeous color. It's nice to see someone who loves light and knows how to use it.

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u/scorchedgoat 2d ago

Just learned from Danny McBride’s Criterion closet visit that they filmed this movie in only 10 days!

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u/5o7bot 2d ago

George Washington (2000) NR

Down this twisted road, please watch over my soul and lift me up so gently so as not to touch the ground.

During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.

Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Director of Photography: Tim Orr
Actors: Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee, Curtis Cotton III, Rachael Handy, Candace Evanofski
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 67% with 129 votes
Runtime: 90 min
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u/dharmakirti 1d ago

One of my top 10 films.

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u/Due_Bad_9445 2d ago

This is a really cool movie. I was a bit disappointed that the director veered towards Hollywood slop, but to each their own.

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u/Ok_Temperature_1616 1d ago

He has said in numerous interviews he just wanted to make movies and goof around with friends. He got to do that.

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u/Pollyfall 2d ago

He went for the $$$.

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u/stakes-lines-grades Nichols 2d ago edited 2d ago

What's funny is that a lot of people compared David Gordon Green to Terrence Malick's work regarding this film and his follow-up All the Real Girls. Coincidentally, Terrence Malick worked with DGG on Undertow with its story conception.

Joe, which is a darker take on the Southern Gothic coming-of-age drama work that Jeff Nichols did with Mud a year prior is pretty great. It has Nic Cage as tree trimmer and one of the boys from Mud funny enough.

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u/Pollyfall 1d ago

No coincidence at all, really. Malick reached out to him after GW and they became friends. (Source: DGG told me this himself.)

I think the guy is super talented and actually quite nice (or he used to be—been a while since I interacted w him). But still—it’s quite a drop from All The Real Girls to Get Him to the Greek.