Over a decadelong relationship defined by highs and lows, erik struggles to negotiate his personal boundaries and dignity, while pauyl battles the demons of drug dependence. Sachss 1996 debut filmand still his bestexpands on the neorealist technique of situating a drama in, and through, a real time flow of context and milieu. We sat down with ira sachs shortly after the world premiere of his latest film, keep the lights on, after its world premiere at the sundance film festival, 2012. The film collaborative is the first nonprofit, fullservice provider dedicated to the distribution of independent film, including narrative features, documentaries and shorts.
By dropping in on this couple from time to time for the kinds of moments one of them might remember, the film is more honest than. Ira sachs keep the lights on follows a longterm relationship between two men who possibly shouldnt have started it. I finally watched keep the lights on and have been trying to put into words what exactly bothered me so much about this seemingly accomplished f. Ira sachs is raising funds for keep the lights on on kickstarter. It premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival and received the teddy award for best queer film at the 2012 berlin film festival. His films include love is strange, keep the lights on, the delta, and the 2005 sundance grand jury prizewinning forty shades of blue. With thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Guarda keep the lights on film streaming ita ira sachs wikipedia. Ira sachs born november 21, 1965 is an american filmmaker. With thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson.
Sachs has made no secret of the fact that keep the lights on, the story of a tormented, 10year relationship between two men in millennial manhattan, is drawn from his own life. Over a decadelong relationship defined by highs and lows, erik struggles to negotiate his personal boundaries and dignity, while paul battles the demons of drug dependence. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself. Ira sachs reportedly semiautobiographical romantic drama, keep the lights on, follows the nineyear relationship between a filmmaker and a drug. Theyre not well suited to each other, and although their sex life is successful in the physical sense, it begins to stray in emotional meaning. I have a girlfriend, so dont get your hopes up, the angelic paul zachary booth, a closeted lawyer, tells erik thure lindhart, the danish documentary filmmaker hes invited to his apartment for a quick. Keep the lights on wikipedia keep the lights on is a 2012 american drama film written by ira sachs and mauricio zacharias and directed by sachs it premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival and was released on september 7 2012 by music box films. Hd keep the lights on 2012 full movie online greek subs. We offer a full range of affordable distribution, educational, and marketing education to independent filmmakers looking to reach out to traditionally underserved audiences.
Rent keep the lights on 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd. His short film, last address, honoring a group of nyc artists who died of aids, has been included in the permanent collections of the whitney museum and new yorks. Now his expartner, ira sachs, has fictionalized their story in a tough, wellacted little indie called keep the lights on. It premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival, and was released on september 7, 2012 by music box films. Nominated for four independent spirit awards, including best film, best director, and best actor thure lindhardt, keep the lights on chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in new york city through. Keep the lights on is a 2012 american drama film written by ira sachs and mauricio zacharias and directed by sachs. Keep the lights on, directed by ira sachs the new york. Ira sachs won the grand jury prize at sundance in 2005 for his forty shades of blue and keep the lights on can only strengthen his reputation further. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotional and sexually charged journey between two men in new york city through love, friendship, and addiction. Michael taylor he also cut rick alversons the comedy, ron eyal and eleanor burkes stranger things, adam rapps loitering with intent, and he recently completed a. Ktlo web editor adam baran interviews cowriterdirector ira sachs in a series of videos about how ktlo came to be, making art from the personal, and queer filmmaking.
Delicately tracing the troubled nineyear bond between two men living in new york, ira sachs mines his own memories to sensitive, melancholy. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, keep the lights on takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times. In manhattan, filmmaker erik bonds with closeted lawyer paul after a fling. After ben and george get married, george is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing a situation that weighs heavily on all involved. When the two characters at the center of ira sachss quiet, stirring new film, keep the lights on, first meet, their relationship isnt supposed to last beyond a few hours. The protagonist of ira sachs keep the lights on, a slouching, congenitally morose filmmaker played by danish actor thure lindhardt, has poured years of his life into a documentary on a littleknown photographer named avery willard, whose work, lindhardt believes, constitutes a visual anthropology of gay life in new york. Keep the lights on making of ira sachs interview youtube. Its currently playing in theaters throughout north america. Keep the lights on chronicles an emotional and sexually charged journey between two men in new york add to watchlist the action in this american drama centers on a danish artist named erik, living in new york city, who connects through a phone sex hotline with an attorney named paul who works in the publishing industry.
Keep the lights on chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in new york city through love, friendship, and addiction. Before shooting his first short films 1965 born ira sachs studied literature and film theory at yale university. Ira sachs returns to sundance with keep the lights on posted by chris davis on sat, dec 3, 2011 at 10. Documentary filmmaker erik acclaimed danish actor thure lindhardt in his first leading role in a u. Ira sachs celebrity profile check out the latest ira sachs photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Ira sachs directs keep the lights on the new york times. With john lithgow, alfred molina, marisa tomei, charlie tahan. Ira sachs returns to sundance with keep the lights on. Ira sachs reportedly semiautobiographical romantic drama, keep the lights on, follows the nineyear relationship between a filmmaker and a drugaddicted lawyer.
The film, based on part of the director ira sachss life, immerses viewers in the love. Julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane, thure lindhardt, zachary booth. The film stars thure lindhardt as erik, a danish filmmaker living in new york city to work on a documentary film about artist avery willard. Harrowing and romantic, visceral and profound, ira sachs fearlessly personal keep the lights on looks at love and all of its manifestations, from despair to grace.
Keep the lights on film streaming ita ira sachs wikipedia. His newest film, little men, premiered at sundance in 2016. Ira sachs keep the lights on is a new film about gay life and love in new york city. Ira sachs talks about his new film keep the lights on. Thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane, paprika steen. Sachs fourth feature doesnt have anything as ambitious, or. Cannes belgian screenwriter david lamberts feature directing debut, beyond the walls, continues in the vein of recent dramas like andrew haighs. Keep the lights on is not a portrait of loves object, but a study of loves zealous procedures.
What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. Ira sachs describes how a past relationship served as the starting point for his striking new film, keep the lights on, in the u. Dramatic competition at the 2012 sundance film festival. He has collaborated often with writerdirector ira sachss, on the delta, forty shades of blue, married life, keep the lights on, and love is strange. Keep the lights on, ira sachss sensitive, knowing new film his fifth feature, follows erik and paul for more than a decade, during which their relationship blossoms, withers and renews. Ira sachs was born in 1965 in memphis, tennessee, usa. The relationship depicted in keep the lights on isnt one that most people would want to revisit. Rent keep the lights on 2012 starring thure lindhardt and zachary booth on dvd and bluray.