Afterschool
United States
2008
122 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
Synopsis
Robert is a young American student at an elite East Coast preparatory school who accidentally captures on camera the tragic death of two classmates. Their lives become memorialized as part of an audio-visual assignment designed to speed up the campus-wide healing process. But the video memorial assignment results in an atmosphere of paranoia and unease among students and teachers. —IMDb
Director
Antonio Campos
Antonio Campos wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film Afterschool, which premiered at Cannes in 2008 and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. That same year, Variety named Campos as one of “10 Directors to Watch at Sundance.” He produced Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Fox Searchlight. A cofounder of Borderline Films with Sean Durkin and Josh Mond, Campos has also produced and directed several award-winning shorts. –Sundance
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jeffreyreeser
12Mar12
i agree. i thought its style was imitating Haneke's (and other filmmaker who use long takes...) almost out of default. like they just thought it was cool. didnt bring me into the story or the focus of the film, just made it so i couldnt see what was going on with the chararcters. is that what you mean by "the form"?
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Matt Turner
23Feb12
Ezra Miller was good, as a pre-cursor to Kevin sociopath, and Campos shows some competency as a filmmaker, but it was fairly derivative of a great many films, and overall it left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. Enough in it for me to retain some interest in Campos second film out this year.
micah van hove
22Jan12
Brilliant. Rarely seen private high school life portrayed so accurately -- a beautiful nod to Michael Haneke's 'Caché' while maintaining a specificity to the disillusionment of the young American information age.
chippewafalls
18Jan12
A second-rate version of Elephant. Ezra Miller was very good, though. As good as he could have been, I think, considering the flaws in the writing.
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Sundance 2012. Antonio Campos's "Simon Killer"
By David Hudson on January 22, 2012
“The most divisive dramatic competition entry yet to screen at Sundance.”
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By Notebook on September 29, 2009
Afterschool opens in U.S. theatres October 2.
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Since we have already talked about films in the New York Film Festival in terms of space and in terms of digital aesthetics, perhaps we should
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Afterschool / Depois das aulas... Ecos Imprevistos's review
By ArmPauloFer on March 29, 2012
Este filme conta-nos o impacto e os dilemas de alguns dos alunos de uma escola onde se abateu uma tragédia que viria a deixar marcas em todos. Lida igualmente com o que acarreta ser popular e dar-se… read review
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By hlkneedler on November 10, 2009
A teenage rites-of-passage drama, AFTERSCHOOL vividly captures the corrosive omnipresence of web video footage for American teens. From violent You Tube-style clips to Internet pornography, our new… read review
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