Zal Batmanglij
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I have always admired Skarsgård, especially in underrated films like "The East" and "What Maisie Knew".
Her single, hard partying mother Charlotte (Kristen Wiig) has a loose parenting style and a good looking boyfriend, Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård, "The East").
“The East” plays like Johnny Depp’s “Donnie Brasco” meets Elizabeth Olsen’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”
(See also: Zal Batmanglij’s “Sound of My Voice,” Kristina Buozyte’s “Vanishing Waves,” Quentin Dupieux’s “Wrong” and arguably Don Coscarelli’s “John Dies at the End.” ) So what’s this movie about?
It’s a category that could encompass features as diverse as Martyrs (2008), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Sound of My Voice (2011), The Sacrament (2013), and The Invitation (2016).
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Directed by Lorene Scafaria
influenced by Sound of My Voice (2011)
Themes
Dodge is flabbergasted to find his housekeeper, Elsa (Tonita Castro, "Funny People," "Sound of My Voice"), keeping her Thursday date with only three weeks before collision.
This is the latest attempt to blend a low-key, anachronistic aesthetic with a high-concept science fiction premise ("Safety Not Guaranteed," "Perfect Sense," "Sound of My Voice," et al.), and the most successful of the bunch.
Movies like Martha Marcy May Marlene and Sound of My Voice have really stuck with me for their depiction of how someone gets roped into a cult, what makes an engaging cult leader, and all the moral and ethical questions behind them.
Though not an exceptional original sci-fi films of late such as “Ex Machina” or “Under the Skin,” its every bit up there with the likes of “Sound of my Voice” or this year’s “The Invitation” of engrossing small scale but big idea filmmaking.