112. On October 8, 2010, Blue Valentine was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for American cinemas. [3] Before filming the marriage dissolution between the main characters, Gosling and Williams prepared by renting a home, bringing their own clothing and belongings, buying groceries with a budget based on their characters' incomes, filming home movies and taking a family portrait at a local Sears with the actress who played their daughter, and staging out arguments. Blue Valentine. As suggested by the title, selected pieces depict distorted faces and cut-out eye motifs. [14][15] The Weinstein Company appealed the decision and aimed for an R without any trims to the film, believing the prior decision would significantly harm the film's potential box office take in the United States. Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis wrote the film, and Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling played the lead roles as well as serving as co-executive producers for the film. So I actually had to pay to make the movie."[7]. 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Five years later, the couple lives in rural Pennsylvania with their daughter, Frankie. Bobby Valentine remembered Tommy Lasorda’s joy. Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. A complex portrait of a married couple who have reached an impasse in their relationship. Cindy is now a nurse at a clinic where her boss, Dr. Feinberg, had just offered her to join him at a different clinic in the near future. Recommended. 2007 | CC. Blue Valentine It's tough to call Blue Valentine a dirty movie, mostly because it's so heartbreaking. Oscars Predictions: Best Original Screenplay – Can ‘Minari’ Continue the Love From Asian Voices in Hollywood? Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. The film received critical acclaim and Williams was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, while Gosling received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. The film depicts a married couple, Dean Pereira (Gosling) and Cynthia "Cindy" Heller (Williams), shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the dissolution of their marriage several year… Blue Valentine, a raw and affecting drama about a young couple’s crumbling marriage, contained little in the way of sex or violence. Early in the morning, Cindy is called in for work. “Blue Valentine,” directed by Derek Cianfrance, cuts between the beginning and end of the romance. 4 out of 5 stars. Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis wrote the film, and Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling played the lead roles as well as serving as co-executive producers for the film. [25], 2010 US romantic drama film by Derek Cianfrance. They start fighting and she locks him outside the bedroom. Learn how to draw a cute teddy bear holding a heart! She opts for an abortion but cancels the procedure at the last moment. But, if you can get past the intense sadness, there are a … Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. BLUE VALENTINE, directed by Derek Cianfrance. "Blue Valentine" moves between past and present as if trying to remember what went wrong. Cinema could use him. I took a compass and (...) literally put one point of the compass on her house, and I drew a circle, an hour diameter around her house, and it just touched Scranton, Pennsylvania. Top w your favorite frosting or melted chocolate or powdered sugar. At her parents’ house, Dean tries to persuade Cindy to give the marriage another chance for the sake of Frankie. Cindy discovers she is pregnant and tells Dean he is unlikely to be the father. (Photo by Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection) All Ryan Gosling Movies Ranked. The band Grizzly Bear scored the film. "There's plenty of oral sex scenes in a lot of movies, where it's a man receiving it from a woman – and they're R-rated. Directed by. This causes an angered Cindy to break up with him. Cast : Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Maryann Plunkett, Reila Aphrodite. Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. "Blue Valentine" moves between past and present as if trying to remember what went wrong. Gosling wrote and performed some songs by himself. Ford received his start directing films, including work on "The Mysterious Mr. Valentine" (1946) and "Valley of the Zombies" (1946) with Robert Livingston. I hv even added peppermint extract to the batter! Directed by Derek Cianfrance. "[21] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 81 out of 100 based on 42 reviews, meaning "universal acclaim". Derek Cianfrance, Director: Blue Valentine. Dean (Ryan Gosling) is a hopeless-romantic high-school dropout, working for a moving company in Brooklyn. Williams was 21 when she received the script in 2002 and Gosling committed to the production four years later, but filming did not begin until 2009, when Williams was 28 (as was Gosling), owing to Cianfrance's inability to find financing. United States, 2010. Part of: Little Blue Truck (8 Books) | by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry | Dec 8, 2020. Governor Pete Ricketts announced that the State has moved from the “yellow” to “blue” phase of its coronavirus pandemic response plan. Trailer. The director was also unable to film the "young" and "older" scenes several years apart as he had hoped, again due to lack of money. From Dean's point of view, maybe nothing did. His outgoing personality and everyman temperament. Synopsis: The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine") powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle … Take a look back at these Hollywood icons in their early days to see how far they've come in their careers—and how little they've visibly aged. So the next day I drove to Scranton (...) and we said, 'We're shooting here'. Director Derek Cianfrance may wish to stop wasting his talent on TV and make films his full time occupation. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival[9] and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2010. fran_sprovieri. The two make up and get drunk but Cindy is displeased when Dean asks if she wants to have another child with him. It's also beautiful, intriguing and lovingly directed by Ang Lee. He is best known for writing and directing the films Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines, as well as the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True