Keep the lights on chronicles an emotional and sexually charged journey between two men in new york city through love, friendship, and addiction. Ira sachs talks about his new film keep the lights on. 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. Delicately tracing the troubled nineyear bond between two men living in new york, ira sachs mines his own memories to sensitive, melancholy. His films include the delta 1997, forty shades of blue 2005, married life 2007, keep the lights on 2012, and love is strange 2014. Ira sachs reportedly semiautobiographical romantic drama, keep the lights on, follows the nineyear relationship between a filmmaker and a drug. With john lithgow, alfred molina, marisa tomei, charlie tahan. His films include love is strange, keep the lights on, the delta, and the 2005 sundance grand jury prizewinning forty shades of blue. Now his expartner, ira sachs, has fictionalized their story in a tough, wellacted little indie called keep the lights on. Ira sachs describes how a past relationship served as the starting point for his striking new film, keep the lights on, in the u. Keep the lights on is not a portrait of loves object, but a study of loves zealous procedures. 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. Ira sachs keep the lights on follows a longterm relationship between two men who possibly shouldnt have started it. Ira sachs returns to sundance with keep the lights on.
Ira sachs born november 21, 1965 is an american filmmaker. 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. 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. 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. Cannes belgian screenwriter david lamberts feature directing debut, beyond the walls, continues in the vein of recent dramas like andrew haighs. It premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival, and was released on september 7, 2012 by music box films. Keep the lights on, directed by ira sachs the new york.
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. As acclaimed gay filmmaker ira sachs is currently completing postproduction on his exciting new gay drama, love is strange costarring john lithgow and alfred molina as a married gay couple in. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Ira sachs is raising funds for keep the lights on on kickstarter. 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. With thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson. Before shooting his first short films 1965 born ira sachs studied literature and film theory at yale university. With 2005s forty shades of blue and 2007s married life, ira sachs announced himself as a director of thoughtful, characterdriven moodpieces. 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. Hd keep the lights on 2012 full movie online greek subs. Keep the lights on is a 2012 american drama film written by ira sachs and mauricio zacharias and directed by sachs. Ira sachs returns to sundance with keep the lights on posted by chris davis on sat, dec 3, 2011 at 10. 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. Keep the lights on film streaming ita ira sachs wikipedia. The film collaborative is the first nonprofit, fullservice provider dedicated to the distribution of independent film, including narrative features, documentaries and shorts. 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. Guarda keep the lights on film streaming ita ira sachs wikipedia.
The relationship depicted in keep the lights on isnt one that most people would want to revisit. His newest film, little men, premiered at sundance in 2016. Ira sachs was born in 1965 in memphis, tennessee, usa. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. After showing his feature films the delta, keep the lights on and little men on international film festivals he is one of americas internationally most celebrated independent filmmakers. Documentary filmmaker erik acclaimed danish actor thure lindhardt in his first leading role in a u. Julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane, thure lindhardt, zachary booth. 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. 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. Keep the lights on making of ira sachs interview youtube.
Thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane, paprika steen. This week i talked with filmmaker ira sachs about his new film, keep the lights on. With thure lindhardt, zachary booth, julianne nicholson, souleymane sy savane. 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. Ira sachs reportedly semiautobiographical romantic drama, keep the lights on, follows the nineyear relationship between a filmmaker and a drugaddicted lawyer.
Ira sachs celebrity profile check out the latest ira sachs photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dramatic competition at the 2012 sundance film festival. Sachs fourth feature doesnt have anything as ambitious, or. Its currently playing in theaters throughout north america. We offer a full range of affordable distribution, educational, and marketing education to independent filmmakers looking to reach out to traditionally underserved audiences. Set in new york city, the film spans a decade in the relationship of erik, a documentary filmmaker, and paul, a closeted lawyer. 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. Rent keep the lights on 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd.
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. 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. 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. Rent keep the lights on 2012 starring thure lindhardt and zachary booth on dvd and bluray. 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. 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. Its 1997 and new york city is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker erik rothman thure lindhardt meets paul lucy zachary booth, a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. It premiered at the 2012 sundance film festival and received the teddy award for best queer film at the 2012 berlin film festival. In manhattan, filmmaker erik bonds with closeted lawyer paul after a fling. Ira sachs directs keep the lights on the new york times. The film, based on part of the director ira sachss life, immerses viewers in the love. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. Keep the lights on is a chronicle of life, love and art in new york city and beyond, inspired by the new film by awardwinning director ira sachs forty shades of blue, married life, the delta, last address, currently in production.