From Time Out London
‘I’ve got about 50 fuckin’ thoughts and strategies about how some shit is and I don’t know fuckin’ shit.’ Such is the lament of Josh (Mark Duplass, who co-wrote the script with director brother Jay), a would-be indie rocker turned booking agent adrift in an indefinite state of petulant post-adolescence. Josh leads his doormat girlfriend, Emily (Kathryn Aselton), and his hippy-dippy brother, Rhett (Rhett Wilkins), on a quest to retrieve an eBay purchase: the titular piece of furniture, seemingly identical to one from Josh’s youth, and therefore a big red hint about the approximate end-point of everyone’s emotional development. Holding up a mirror to slacker-manqué solipsism isn’t necessarily much more intriguing than the thing in itself, but the Duplass brothers are merciless in digging pot holes and contriving road blocks for the claustrophobic, infuriating road trip that ensues. Josh and Emily’s curdled intimacy rings painfully true, and a memorably aborted dinner early on rhymes with the film’s perfectly abrupt ending; when everyone finally shuts up, the silence is startling.

Author: Jessica Winter

696MB | 01:24:31 | 672×384 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/D43435FC1580D0C/The.Puffy.Chair.2005.LiMiTED.DVDRip.XviD-JFKXVID.avi

Language(s) English
Subtitles: no

The post Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass – The Puffy Chair (2005) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

From the official website:
Mattie and James are in love. But too many mornings and too many miles apart have taken a toll on them. As they struggle with the distance between New York and Chicago, their visits become reminders of the difficulties, not the pleasures, of their relationship. Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig follow HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS with this intimate portrayal of longing and confusion. This time Swanberg co-stars with Gerwig, and Gerwig co-directs with Swanberg, creating a film that resonates deeply and leaves scars that fade but can’t heal.

Extras:
A commentary with co-producers Dia Sokol and Anish Savjani centers on the mechanics of making a low-budget indie; only sporadically do the two offer meaty anecdotes or delve into analysis of the film. The commentary is not without some interest, but insights from Swanberg and Gerwig would have been much more worthwhile.

Also included are five minutes, four seconds of Joe Swanberg teasers for Nights and Weekends. One of the teasers can be viewed separately as the trailer. Rounding things out is a test short (5:58) featuring Swanberg and Gerwig as their characters.

Nights and Weekends (2008).mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 19 min
Size: 	1.35 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	716x480 ~> 853x480
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 060 kb/s
BPP: 	0.250
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s (Commentary with Producers Anish Savjani and Dia Sokol Savage)

https://nitro.download/view/8712ACDA7CC0E62/Nights_and_Weekends_(2008).mkv
https://nitro.download/view/BF0D11745379DB5/Nights_and_Weekends_(2008)_Extras.rar

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Spanish

The post Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig – Nights and Weekends (2008) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
Following up on the surprise success of their micro-budget production THE PUFFY CHAIR (2005), brothers Jay and Mark Duplass turn their handheld DV camera toward skewering the pretentiousness of the independent film world while tossing in a few horror film scares for good measure. The result is entertaining and unique, with enough laughs, insight, and excitement for adventurous viewers. After seeing the accolades heaped up on a colleague for his laughable film (WE ARE NAKED) at a Los Angeles film festival, Matt (Ross Partridge) decides that he can do better. With his sometime girlfriend, Catherine (Elise Muller), and friends Michelle (Greta Gerwig, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS) and Chad (Steve Zissis) in tow, they immediately set off to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to create the film that will make them all famous on the festival circuit. While Chad focuses his energy on winning the affections of uninterested Michelle, Matt comes up with the cinematic construct of a stranger with a paper bag on his head terrorizing a group of people in the woods. After the initial evening of alcoholic brainstorming, though, the idea becomes reality, and the friends’ relationships are tested as they find themselves in a truly scary situation. The idea for BAGHEAD was hatched on the set of the THE PUFFY CHAIR when, during a discussion requesting those involved to think of the scariest thing imaginable, someone said, “A guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Though it may be a flimsy starting point for a film, the Duplasses surround the idea with a believable cast, truthful insight into relationships, and a few genuine chills. The result is clever, funny, and refreshingly difficult to classify.

Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Writers: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John E. Bryant
Cast: Ross Partridge, Elise Muller, Greta Gerwig
Producer: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John E. Bryant
Cinematography: Jay Duplas
Music: J. Scott Howard
Production Company: Duplass Brothers Productions/LLC.
Country: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 1h 24mn

Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass - (2008) Baghead.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 20 min
Size: 	1.45 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x576 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	
BPP: 	
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC (LPCM 2.0)

https://nitro.download/view/14105CC1C034347/Jay_Duplass_&_Mark_Duplass_-_(2008)_Baghead.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post Jay Duplass – Baghead (2008) first appeared on Cinema of the World.