Combining intellectual ambition with a singular comic sensibility the third feature film by writer-director Alex Ross Perry marked a defining moment for the American independent cinema of the 2010s. As with his previous features Impolex and The Color Wheel the blackly hilarious Listen Up Philip is distinguished as much by its literary pedigree as by its fine attunement to atmosphere sense of place and enabled by the camerawork of Sean Price Williams the texture of the image. Jason Schwartzman in one of his most accomplished roles since such Wes... Anderson collaborations as Rushmore and The Darjeeling Limited achieves the height of comic verbal violence as the novelist Philip Lewis Friedman who having received his first taste of literary acclaim embarks upon the publicity campaign for his soon-to-be-published second novel Obidant. The attention of his literary hero Ike Zimmerman (played by the first-rate Jonathan Pryce) a major novelist some decades his elder leads to an open invitation to abscond from Brooklyn and work from Zimmerman’s small-town home upstate. And so the stage is set for all-out warfare between Philip’s seemingly irrepressible ego and the emotionality of his talented photographer girlfriend Ashley who in a brilliant performance by Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss exhibits the kind of dynamism that could dull Philip's edge for good. Put into relief by a cast including Krysten Ritter Joséphine de La Baume Keith Poulson Kate Lyn Sheil and Dree Hemingway Schwartzman-as-Friedman embodies what must be one of the most charmingly loathsome or most diabolically winning personalities in recent films. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Listen Up Philip the picture Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called "a masterwork about what it is to live for love and not just the self ” in its UK debut on Blu-ray and DVD. Special Features: Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing New and exclusive video conversation between director Alex Ross Perry and cinematographer Sean Price Williams New and exclusive video interview with graphic designer Teddy Blanks the creator of the Zimmerman and Friedman book jackets featured in the film Feature-length audio commentary with Alex Ross Perry Original theatrical trailer 36-PAGE FULL-COLOUR BOOKLET containing writing on the film and full-colour reproductions of the Zimmerman and Friedman book jackets accompanied by never-before-published synopses of each novel written by Perry [show more]
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Jason Schwartzman stars in the title role of this comedy drama written and directed by Alex Ross Perry. Following the success of his debut novel 'Join the Street Parade', burgeoning New York literary star Philip Friedman (Schwartzman) becomes disillusioned with his adopted home city and his crumbling relationship with photographer girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss). After rejecting the chance to tour and promote his latest novel, Philip escapes to the summer home of his literary idol Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce) while the girlfriend he left behind adjusts to her new unattached life in the city. During his country retreat, Philip secures a teaching post at a small college courtesy of his new friend, who himself is struggling with writer's block and the strained relationship with his daughter Melanie (Krysten Ritter).
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