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April 13, 2006

Hard Candy

David Jeffers

Wednesday April 12, 8:00pm The Cinerama

"Nothing is yours when you invite a teenager into your home."

Lolita in a red hoody becomes part avenging angel and part torture loving psychopath in David Slade’s shocking directorial debut Hard Candy. Creepy Internet chat leads to a clandestine coffeeshop hookup between 32-year-old Jeff and 14-year-old Hayley. The two predictably end up in Jeff’s house but the story turns on its ear from that point and never looks back. The constant use of ultra-extreme close-ups and what screenwriter Brian Nelson describes as Slades "..ability to make color a character in everything he shoots" gives this psychological thriller tremendous momentum and gobsmack intensity. Hard Candy does impose the hypocrisy of American conservative morality on its audience. Hayley is first seen as an innocent but clearly displays the maturity and actions of an adult as the story develops. The Virgin Spring this is not! Hard Candy is however a terrifying erotic masterpiece. Girl Scout cookies will never taste the same after this.

Afterthoughts...

This film at the Cinerama was a real in-your-face sensory overload. Hopefully it will return for a regular run and some day maybe they'll replace the horrible seating.
There were plenty of the usual dopey questions in the aftershow Q&A. What was noteworthy was the mention of the eighteen day shooting schedule and the budget that came in under a million dollars when films with gargantuan budgets are popping up everywhere that aren't half this good.
My only real complaint from the entire show: (ask me in person and I will express this with all the appropriate profanity) Hands off Roman Polanski!

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Posted by David Jeffers at April 13, 2006 8:09 PM
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