Excellent review. Cannot wait for this week! newyorker: It’s not a documentary; and there’s nothing in it of the anthropological earnestness that can deaden a film that looks into an obscure corner of the world. “Beasts” has an exciting palpability, an oxygen-sharp sense of the present tense. It’s raucous and alive. David Denby on “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” an independent film from Behn Zeitlin: http://nyr.kr/MGEfzu
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Excellent review. Cannot wait for this week!

newyorker:

It’s not a documentary; and there’s nothing in it of the anthropological earnestness that can deaden a film that looks into an obscure corner of the world. “Beasts” has an exciting palpability, an oxygen-sharp sense of the present tense. It’s raucous and alive.

David Denby on “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” an independent film from Behn Zeitlin: http://nyr.kr/MGEfzu

“And after that? Who knows. We’re certainly going to be in New Orleans,” Gottwald said. “Benh’s got a couple of ideas floating in his head of what he wants to do next. It’s just a matter of which one it’s going to be. But New Orleans is crucial to the stories we want to tell, so we will be based in New Orleans — hopefully forever.” - nola.com

Glory at Sea,” the 25-minute 2008 short film that led to the making of Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Glory at Sea (by wholphindvd)

Source: youtube.com