Come On Come On, C'Mon C'mon
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 10:54AM by Jason Adams
I'm still not sure what to make of the movie year that's been 2021 -- everything still feels to me of a piece with 2020 to be honest, for reasons I am sure you can extrapolate. I have only been inside a movie theater a handful of times and those have been for press screenings or for a cannot-miss repertory screening (like when The Paris here in NYC screened Call Me By Your Name a few weeks ago); that is to say I still haven't been to see a single new movie in a theater with a crowd of normals since March of last year. Add on the fact that I saw several of this fall's big movies this past winter at Sundance (my first), while several of this fall's big movies were first meant to be last fall's big movies, and I think this has given the current moment a formlessness that I'm having trouble delineating.
Anyway my ultimate point is I was going to call Mike Mills' new film C'Mon C'Mon my most anticipated film of the fall, but I actually have no idea what that means anymore. So let's just say I really really really really really wanna see this movie. So much so that doing any "Yes No Maybe So" for this morning's just-dropped first look trailer would be a total and complete farce. I am one thousand percent down for this. I mean did you SEE 20th Century Women?
C'Mon C'Mon will be playing NYFF in a few weeks and then will presumably be out by the end of the year but A24 hasn't set a date yet. What are your thoughts on the trailer?
C'Mon C'Mon, Joaquin Phoenix, Mike Mills, trailer
Reader Comments (6)
As much as I loved 20th Century Women, few things ellipse Beginners for me. All that to say, Mike Mills' films have become such soulful, joyful experiences that I absolutely can not wait for his next one. And "regular guy" Joaquin Phoenix is always a bonus.
I am totally going to see this as I do love everything Mike Mills has done.
a new Mike Mills movie is something that should be celebrated and this one looks amazing, one of my most anticipated of the year
I'm an outlier on this, but it just doesn't seem appealing to me. I don't care for Phoenix or Hoffmann, and I am really tired of seeing movies shot in black and white unless there is a compelling reason for the black and white cinematography.
Jules -- Can I ask what would be "a compelling reason" for black and white for you? That it's set in the past or something? Because I think the beauty of black and white is plenty of reason on its own and wish we got more of it.
JA: To avoid gore (Schindler's List), project lifelessness (The White Ribbon), summon austerity (Nebraska), evoke memory (Roma), mimic early filmmaking technique (The Artist)... there are probably dozens of other reasons, too.