On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences.
Christine Vachon Susan Shopmaker Andrew Neel Laura Heberton Michael Sackler Emily Wiedemann Julia Godzinskaya
Синя птица, Ptáče, Kékmadár, 파랑새, Zilais putns, Zimowy ptaszek, Синяя птица, Mavi Kuş, 青鸟
Czechia
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark11
USA
Czechia
Denmark
USA
I had an alright day today, nothing special but it was ok. Saw some family, had some decent food, my niece made me laugh and the weather was lovely. I went on Prime and put something called 'Bluebird' on in the evening and now I almost want to just throw myself off a fucking bridge. Wow, that was one BLEAK film.
The acting was excellent and if you like footage of factories covered in snow you'll be in your element. Couldn't move for the things. Adam Driver was in it for about 4 minutes so disregard the most misleading poster in the world. *sigh* hope you lot are well.
scavenger hunt 65 | task 22
And I swore to myself that I would never ever turn my back, ever again.
The poster led me to believe there was more Adam Driver in this film, turns out its less than five minutes of content. Not impressed.
bitches be watching entire 90 minute films just to see adam driver for like 2 scenes. i’m bitches.
(if you just wanna see adam he’s at 7:14 and 45:19, you’re welcome)
Slow and bleak and nearly perfectly so, Lance Edmands deserve all of the plaudits for staying true to this vision of a small logging town's tragedy and not forcing catharsis on anyone, least of all the viewer.
April 2017
Scavenger Hunt #25
TASK #1: A post-digital movie shot on film!
Arguably one of the most impressive and promising cinematographers working today is a man named Jody Lee Lipes. For those who don’t know, Lipes served as D.P. on films like Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea, Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Antonio Campos’ Afterschool, and Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, the latter a rare example of a comedy film that actually looks appealing from a visual standpoint. He even shot the music video for Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop the Feeling. Lipes shot both Trainwreck and another film that came out the same year, Bluebird, on actual film and not digital. Seeing as it’s shot on film, Bluebird looks…
"Bluebird is without a doubt one of the most compelling portraits of contemporary American life on the screen of recent years. Understated, simple and stunning to look at, the film offers a difficult scenario with no easy answers. With this film, Lance Edmands demonstrates himself as being an emerging filmmaker worth keeping an eye out for. This does not feel like a first feature film, and each step is confident and mature. Bluebird is one of the better films of 2013 and well worth seeing on the big screen."
Read my full review: www.soundonsight.org/fnc-2013-bluebird-is-a-stunning-debut-about-loss-and-hope/
Wow ummm. Where do I start? I guess I’ll go over some positives. The cinematography was pretty pretty, for some shots. I guess kinda, the good ones seemed to be just in there for someone’s director reel though. Some of the scenes have some good acting, I guess.
Well, there are a variety of useless scenes, useless characters, useless dialogue, and simply useless story. There are so many characters that are introduced, to like never come up again. The lawyer, Adam Drivers character, that one boyfriend, her friend, and that one nurse. There are so many, literally so many plot points that lead to no where. And there were so many that it left the main story unresolved. Like, you…
Beautifully shot and compelling when exploring its interesting characters lives but sadly the film skims on the surface of the shore without getting deep and exciting. It's actors are all primed to unleash more from their characters but get held back frustratingly so. I appreciate the film wants to explore certain elements without getting stuck in cliche and fable as it inspires to be as true to life as possible.
A well made film that left this viewer feeling empty when there was so much more meat to lay out on the plate to consume.
Came for Adam Driver, stayed for the score, the F I L M
G R A I N, and the cinematography.
Also, how can Letterboxd have Adam Driver be first billing here when he's literally in two scenes. Does a good job though.
Scavenger Hunt #64 • Task 5 • 11/31
Listen, I’ve sat through worse for much less of Adam Driver (cause I’m a SUCKER) but this poster and Amazon/Letterboxd giving him top billing when he’s in it for one minute and 52 seconds is misleading af.
I’ve been had. It’s a honeytrap!
Also it’s just a really dire film, where everyone’s kind of at fault and nothing really happens 🤷🏻♀️
