TIFF 2010 Video Blog: Ben Affleck’s THE TOWN

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Earlier today I watched director Ben Affleck’s The Town at the Toronto International Film Festival.  As a huge fan of his debut movie, Gone Baby Gone, I had high hopes for his second feature about a group of bank robbers in Charlestown (a suburb of Boston) and the Federal agents after them.  Thankfully, not only did Affleck deliver a great movie, he cemented his status as a real director that deserves your attention.

One of the many things that impressed me about his second feature is the way he built on what worked in his debut.  I think we can all agree the performances in Gone Baby Gone were great, and now in The Town, he not only got the entire cast (Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper) to deliver realistic and believable performances while also directing himself on screen, he shot a few hefty action sequences which will impress you by their size and scope.  While I’m not always the biggest fan of Affleck in front of the camera, I think he’s a great director and someone that I hope makes a lot more movies.

Anyway, for more on what I thought, hit the jump for a video blog I recorded with Peter from Slashfilm a few minutes after we got out of the theater.

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  • Jack

    Is it pronounced Ben Aff-lack (how I usually say it)? Or Ben E-Flect? The way Steve was saying it is making me question all these years if whether or not I’ve been pronouncing it right.

  • http://twitter.com/cablebfg Bill Graham

    I think it is Aff-lack… Steve may have a diction problem. :P

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  • Mike

    I’m really hoping this flick is good. I’ve been pretty excited since I saw the first trailer. Looks almost like a remake of Heat. Agree? Disagree?

    If anyone’s interested, you can find pics from the TIFF red carpet here: http://www.tribute.ca/tiff/index.php/2010/09/12/the-town-on-the-red-carpet/

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  • The Townz

    Hey folks I have a question and would like your thoughts please. After robbery #2 in the Nun garb. As they pull up to their final switch car they exit the vehicle and RIGHT THERE is a Boston Police officer sitting in his car no more than 20 feet away. After a brief stare down the officer merely looks the other way and end of scene. Now my cop friends tell me the scene merely shows the cop using good judgment as the robbers clearly had the drop on him. Another bit of feedback I got was that since they had already crossed the bridge perhaps the cop was on “Fergies” payroll and was watching the car. I enjoyed this film very much and appreciate the subtle interwoven writing but this scene has me baffled. Thoughts please? and thank you

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